Georg Henrik von Wright Quotes
Society is becoming less and less transparent. People no longer know where decisions that substantially affect their lives are taken, nor by whom, nor how.
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Where having been an actor was extremely helpful to me was in casting. That's where I think a director who has acted can really shine, and casting is the most important thing you do.
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There was just a lot of comedy on the TV in the house, and my parents are both very funny.
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I've never left them to go do a film. No, we all go together. I could never leave them. My kids are my whole world.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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I personally do not drink. To drink or not to is one's own choice. So long as it doesn't affect others, it is okay.
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Like brown rice, black rice is unmilled, and it is the dark outer husk that makes it so nutty and chewy. It's also why it takes longer to cook than many other rices.
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There's nothing scarier than unlimited choices.
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I don't really see myself as a celebrity, but more as a sort of mitre.
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Her death has had a huge effect on me. It felt like a big hole appeared on my left side - apparently your left side is your mother - which I thought could never be filled. Now I think what you have to do is fill it with yourself because your mother is part of you. I'm easing into that space, using it and being comforted by it.
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Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
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With 'Mad Men,' people who grew up or were living in that time, they love to talk about what it was really like.
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I'd love to be a 'Bond' girl.
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Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
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If you saw pictures of me as a kid, you'd laugh because I was always in football kit.
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I have two children who died before reaching 30, so who am I to complain about being alive?
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There's a finite amount of time on this planet for each of us. Sometimes, the only way we figure out how to deal with that reality - knowing that there will be an end to every story, and you don't know how many chapters are left in your book - is by living in denial.
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Change is vital to any actor. If you keep playing lead after lead, you're really gonna dry up. Because all those vehicles wean you away from the truths of human behaviour.
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Most interviewers are looking for a headline. They're not skilled. They're looking for shock value.
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I have to admit, like so many women, I always knew there was a chance. But like so many women, I never thought it would be me. I never thought I'd hear those devastating words: 'You have breast cancer.'
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Like many of us in Arizona, I wasn't born here - I'm a product of the Midwest and the working class.
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All of the directors I work with have their own unique gifts.
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You pass a program and get people dependent on it, making it brutal to get rid of. The key is not letting it get started.
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Just selling through a movie theater is not ever going to be a viable way to make money back on a movie anymore.
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Society is becoming less and less transparent. People no longer know where decisions that substantially affect their lives are taken, nor by whom, nor how.
