Joe Mantello Quotes
I understood that I was not the best director in the world nor the worst director in the world. I realized that there is a very mysterious element to what works and what doesn't work in the theater. And it's good to know that from the beginning.
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As the world undergoes a major transformation, it's the time of significant opportunity and also threat.
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It's so important to get your skin to look even, whether it's with a MAC Cosmetics glow, a Laura Mercier tinted moisturizer, or even just a solid foundation. Start off with a good prep and a good primer.
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I have great stories. I am going to write a book.
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I never underestimate my opponent, but I never underestimate my talents.
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We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted.
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I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's the same view I have for performing. I'm performing because I really want to, not because I have to bring bread back home.
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Some day, I'd like to be known as the queen of containerboards.
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I remember, one day, I just printed out about a hundred CVs, and I was running around London. I was going to modeling agencies, temping agencies, anything. I was so desperate.
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The best philosophers were not academics, but had another job, so their philosophy was not corrupted by careerism.
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Unlike President Obama, I am not afraid to state, without a wink or a nod, that the government has no right to tell us who we can marry or not marry.
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I don't laugh out loud at comics a lot.
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I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.
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There's usually one piece in 'Vanity Fair' every month that grabs me, but when it presents hatchet jobs without substantiation to impress its liberal friends, I laugh first, then toss.
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I'm always glad to see somebody rethink something rather than reproduce something I did.
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Somebody can become a celebrity for being stupid. That is what it's turned into.
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I knew that life isn't always just about the Olympic gold medals and the sponsors.
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Well I think if you really go out with someone for quite a long time you do get to know each other very, very well, you go through the good times, you go through the bad times. You know both personally, but also within a relationship as well.
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My personal trainer is an ex-dancer so we do a lot of ballet and jazz.
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It's superficial that people think I'm cool because I wear certain clothes and I have tattoos. The funniest part is, when they get to know me, they're always surprised by how nerdy I am.
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Above all we should not forget, that government is an evil, an usurpation upon the private judgment and individual conscience of mankind.
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A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much.
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For the past few years, I've been more selective than I have any right to be, but I think that's finally starting to work in my favor. I think I get way too much credit for making what people consider to be smart choices, but it's only because I made a decision to stop worrying about making money.
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I understood that I was not the best director in the world nor the worst director in the world. I realized that there is a very mysterious element to what works and what doesn't work in the theater. And it's good to know that from the beginning.
