Joel Kinnaman Quotes
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You know, it's hard sometimes to just detach yourself from what you're doing.
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I think studies are really important and shouldn't be compromised.
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Things are simple, it is us human beings that make it difficult.
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It's a blessing as an artist to express myself - whether that be via dance, via song or via speech - in so many different ways.
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But I did an awful lot of work in Hollywood, and in New York for that matter.
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I don't ever take anything for granted.
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All I wanted to do was be a working actor.
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I could never see a book written in a foreign language without the most ardent desire to read it.
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I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump & Grind' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes.
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I realized that I'm a soft person. I think I'm sensitive. I wanted very much to be tough and I think movie stars have a certain kind of resilience and toughness to them, but I'm quite a sensitive young lady in some respects.
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A good old rodeo never hurt anyone.
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A liberal public is interesting to have as an audience. It is for that very reason that corporations make such an effort to ally themselves with cultural institutions.
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On the question of relating to our fellowman - our neighbor's spiritual need transcends every commandment. Everything else we do is a means to an end. But love is an end already, since God is love.
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I'll tell you something: my dad was a nuclear engineer and he was really bright, and I've always said that because of negotiating at such a young age with my dad, it was really such a gift because I could then negotiate with very difficult personalities - and not end up being the scapegoat. I learned to really pick and choose my battles.
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I'm not going to be able to play it like somebody else.
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Publicity's a cancer. It eats out a man - till there's nothing but a shell left.
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I love doing every role I do!
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I did not enter the industry to create a certain image. People happened to see me as the friend/sister/daughter next door. I like that association very much. It's close to what I am in real life. As for films, I just focus on the job.
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I don't know why people are so obsessed with age anyway. I mean, 90 is the new 70; 70 is the new 50 and 50 is the new 40; so the whole act-your-age thing? Only up to a point.
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It's just really, really beautiful. Each scene is one long 15 minute take without cutting. My scene is with Robin Wright-Penn so I'm pretty excited about that.
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When I was younger, I was so damn pretty, I looked like a girl, so I understand why guys didn't like me.
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The bell of public opinion is today making the Morgan-Rockefeller-Vanderbilt class jump. Nor are the strongest of our corporations immune. The railroads have had to jump pretty lively, and certain gigantic industrial combinations are also being put through their paces.
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You know, growing up, I lived in a neighborhood in Long Island where there was basically one black family. And I remember hearing all the parents and the kids in the neighborhood say racist things about this family.
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I miss Swedish meatballs, but you can get them pretty much anywhere.
