Melanie Laurent Quotes
I didn't really want to act. Gerard Depardieu discovered me when I was 14 and asked if I wanted to make movies and I said, 'Why not?'
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I think I was lucky I got into art college. That's what saved me.
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Obviously, it gave me a chance to see Barcelona. I won't deny that. But I also had a chance to see something in another country in terms of recycling and reusing nuclear material.
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If you play good cricket, a lot of bad things get hidden.
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I never thought of Kim Basinger in terms of age. For me she embodies woman with her subtleties and intricacies. She's sensual and intellectually engaging, elegant with a very strong personal style.
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You don't send a man to his death because you want a hero.
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A love of books has opened so many doors for me. Stories have inspired me and taught me to aspire.
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There's always the ongoing actor frustration of finding the great role to do next. I don't go to work a lot. I wait as long as I can until the money runs out or a great part comes along.
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This quality, I mean Geoffrey was with me, was very easy doing - he loved me very much, I loved him very much, and we understood each other so well that it was a pleasure to make music.
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It's enough to make a small shift within and a small action in the world. Collectively these have a huge effect.
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I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.
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The crown must constantly earn citizens' appreciation, respect and trust.
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As a poet, I would always hear emcees come up to me and say, 'Yo, you should rap,' and I was like, 'No.' You know, the label was tough for me. I'm a poet. I was proud of that distinction between the two, not wanting to be the other.
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I'm reading today because of 'Encyclopedia Brown.'
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You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.
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I really like to experiment. That's the only way I can work. It's instinctive.
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I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.
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Yves Saint Laurent was the first person who made me feel like a woman.
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I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.
Garry Kasparov
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What I would say to the young men and women who are beset by hopelessness and doubt is that they should go and see what is being done on the ground to fight poverty, not like going to the zoo but to take action, to open their hearts and their consciences.
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My grandparents were from Spain, and I had a Spanish passport.
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I'm quite competitive. Not with other models but with myself. I have to win.
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There are all sorts of reasons why I don't do much work in the theatre, the main one being that after two performances I feel I've given all I can. I hate repetition, I really do. It's like asking a painter to paint he same picture every day of his life.
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I didn't really want to act. Gerard Depardieu discovered me when I was 14 and asked if I wanted to make movies and I said, 'Why not?'
