Jon Polito Quotes
'Crime Story' was where I learned that I needed to get to know every crew member: what they did and what their names were and who their families were and whatever things they would give me.
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We were both in love with him. I fell out of love with him, but he didn't.
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Whatever your political affiliation may be, whether you are a conservative or liberal, we should all be bound by the belief that we need to support the troops.
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I prepare myself to fight; I prepare myself for myself.
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For me, being an actress, my responsibility is not to pay attention to all the noise around me and to pay attention to the script and the director and protect the character and try to tell her story the best I can.
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I live in the suburbs, the final battleground of the American dream, where people get married and have kids and try to scratch out a happy life for themselves.
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The thing about tennis is if you stay off for two weeks, or just for three days, you can lose your rhythm quickly. So it's just a question of constant diligence and vigilance.
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Every time you come out with an album or a song, you want to feel like you're growing a bit in what you are and giving people something that they can feel.
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The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement.
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I can't say that winning the Pen/Faulkner was a dream come true because I would never have dared to dream it.
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I would never recommend losing on a bye, so that one definitely stays with you.
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'It's a Wonderful Life' was a mainstream Hollywood movie about faith, redemption, religion, and it was rated G.
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Everything can be going well, but if I'm not writing, I'm not happy. When I'm writing well, I'm like a different person.
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It's kind of nice to play somebody that isn't psychotic or half-machine or dead or dying or on a spaceship somewhere.
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Whenever you have to do a photo shoot with a woman, there is this weird competition. They need to prove something. They need to play games - maybe unconsciously - but women are so sensitive, and people call me more masculine sometimes.
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I don't actually sit down and write, but I just have a lot of different ideas about films and making movies.
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My father is my idol, so I always did everything like him. He used to work two jobs and still come home happy every night.
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Be yourself. The world worships the original.
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I need to take care of my mom and making sure she's financially OK. She's done so much for me, it's the least thing I can do.
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I am very much into politics, but what interests me is sacred principles applied to that area. I am interested in the intersection of the Spiritual and the political - how spiritual principles apply to the social and political issues of our day. For me, the spiritual realm, is a more powerful place to speak from on those issues.
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Each underestimates her own power and overestimates the other's.
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I never had that feeling that I had to carry the weight of somebody's ignorance around with me. And that was true for racists who wanted to use the 'n' word when talking about me or about my people, or the stupidity of people who really wanted to belittle other folks because they weren't pretty or they weren't rich or they weren't clever.
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Most jazz players work out their solos, at least to the extent that they have a very specific vocabulary.
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'Crime Story' was where I learned that I needed to get to know every crew member: what they did and what their names were and who their families were and whatever things they would give me.
