Jodie Foster Quotes
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I compose music for films, and by the grace of God, I've got a few awards. That's it.
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From the age of 14 to about 20, I bombarded record companies and DJs with my demos. I was desperate to get it out there. Most of the time, I got nothing back.
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It's as if we live in a house which has a vast treasury in one of its rooms. Only we've forgotten about it. So, instead of living a life of royalty, we go about in poverty.
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Probably millions of Americans got up this morning with a cup of coffee, a cigarette and a donut. No wonder they are sick and fouled up.
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I can't let time move on without fighting tooth and nail and hopefully being a part of a revolution that is positive.
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I grew up in a house full of women. I have two older sisters and my mum who is a very strong woman.
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I've always seen movies in English with Spanish subtitles. For audiences around the world, the language is less important than if it's a good film.
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A good song is a good song, and if I'm lucky enough to write it, well....! I get more kick out of writing than I do singing. I reckon I've written a thousand songs and had over 300 published.
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If I die tonight, then I guess I die tonightLet me go on.
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I have been making hip-hop since I was a kid growing up in New York in the '80s and '90s. It's always been a hobby of mine - I've been making beats and writing songs for as long or longer than I've been acting.
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I love the theater so much, and it's where I feel most comfortable. I love the people and the community.
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But, when you have to resort to turntables, trick lights, flashing lights, fire and all that, you're actually saying, I need this because what I do is not all that together.
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Poor families are living above their means, in apartments they cannot afford. The thing is, those apartments are already at the bottom of the market.
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Making movies is about creating illusions, and they can be subtle illusions, but it's all a cumulative effect as you make these little tweaks. It kinda adds up to something, hopefully.
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I don't think of myself as an explorer but as an athlete.
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I was tired of playing the goodie-two-shoes.
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I basically try to give people top quality.
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Of course art world ethics are important. But museums are no purer than any other institution or business. Academics aren't necessarily more high-minded than gallerists.
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I got in touch with the creative process between the age of 14 and 16, mainly because I was alone so much.
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The very first movie that I ever saw in a theater was 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.'
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Once, a friend’s mom said to me when I was very young 'You can't really invest in your looks as the only thing because it's a depreciating asset. I think this is trueit’s like putting money into a stock that’s going down. Put your money, put your effort, invest in your brain and talent which will appreciate and get better as you get older.
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The uplands of my home country in north central Kentucky are sloping and easily eroded, dependent for safekeeping upon year-round cover of perennial plants.
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I have been lucky to get so much love from everyone around me.
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Adolescence is a tough one to be a child actor.
