Jill Hennessy Quotes
When you're an actor working in the theater, you would never say anything to the writer, never alter the dialogue, never dream to ask for changes.
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You don't have to be desperate. Never be desperate. That is my slogan.
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I have an obsession with fashion - it's another form of expression for me - and I have a growing collection of vintage clothes and jewelry. Being able to play dress-up for my career has been a gift.
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I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot.
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As a mom, you do what you have to do without even thinking about it.
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What I'm very upset about is the attempt to dictate to museums what they show, and the statements made by politicians in Washington that have curtailed the freedom of the National Endowment for the Arts. The attention to those issues is deflected by the spin of my supposedly having trivialized the Holocaust.
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We want a marriage with our customers, not a relationship.
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I am a member of the London Library, and on almost every single job I do, there is some benefit to be had in going there and pulling two or three books off the shelves.
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In many ways, anger is a misdirected plea for love.
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The lovers of romance can go elsewhere for satisfaction but where can the lovers of truth turn if not to history?
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I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
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I've never asked a player if they would sign my shoe.
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It is always good to explore the stuff you don't agree with, to try and understand a different lifestyle or foreign worldview. I like to be challenged in that way, and always end up learning something I didn't know.
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Effective teacher support in my mind is the same thing as effective management. Our teachers need strong management, just like anyone in any profession.
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Boxing traditionally was received very well and accepted on both sides.
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People pretend to be nice; people pretend to be smooth and polite and everything, but this is only an appearance because the way we're built as human beings is only in paradox and contradictions.
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I think it's good to conquer the fears.
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If you've got cockles, those nickel-size, heart-shaped mollusks, and you want to get fancy, steam them, then toss the meat in finely ground cornmeal.
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I graduated from the University of Oklahoma, and I got the opportunity to take some on-camera classes while I was in school and met a casting director who informed me quite a bit before my move out to L.A.; it made L.A. feel possible, coming from Oklahoma and not having a family that was in the industry.
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We put so much pressure on kids to excel in school at such a young age.
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Definitely, I think I'm a life coach for real. The lessons I give are lessons you can take to the bank.
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Dying's not so bad. At least I won't have to answer the telephone.
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I foolishly thought that if I just 'made it' then everything would be okay. And everything wasn't okay.
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Dream big, but stay humble.
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When you're an actor working in the theater, you would never say anything to the writer, never alter the dialogue, never dream to ask for changes.
