Melissa Ordway Quotes
I always loved '90210' growing up. It was one of my favorites - the old-school '90210'.
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You have to be un-comfortably comfortable in this business. There's always somebody else who wants what you have.
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I always watch the work I do.
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Growing up, my birthday was always Confederate Memorial Day. It helped to create this profound sense of awareness about the Civil War and the 100 years between the Civil War and the civil rights movement and my parents' then-illegal and interracial marriage.
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I like being scared, so I've always liked fairy tales because they're kind of creepy.
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I've always been a bit of a poser. I was chucked out of ballet lessons for looking in the mirror.
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Nature can always be more complicated than we imagine.
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I've always been a huge reggae fan.
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The key is that I'm trying to keep growing and trying to keep learning and deepen my connection in every way, in my life, in my work. That's what I do when I look at a role.
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One always wonders about roads not taken.
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I have one son. Of everything I've done in my life, nothing matches the feeling of having life growing inside you.
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When you are growing up, everyone will help you. When you reach the top, everyone will start pulling you down. The same people who help you will be the same people who try to pull you down.
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I'll dispose of my teeth as I see fit, and after they've gone, I'll get along. I started off living on gruel, and by God, I can always go back to it again.
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I've always wanted to be able to hold my breath for like, ever, and swim in the water like a fish.
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I've always been a huge fan of the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies.
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I'm omnivorous in my tastes, fiction and non-fiction, always several books on the go, though I'll read a novel in a day or two.
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In the '50s, I was traveling alone all over Mindanao, Basilan, all the way to Tawi-Tawi with just a camera and a notebook. I always stayed in the houses of Moros.
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Whenever you write for someone else, you're always aware - sometimes overtly, other times at an almost cellular, subliminal level - of the rules about what you can and can't do.
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Growing up, I never imagined I would be an actor.
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It's hard to balance work and family.
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My children give me a great sense of wonder. Just to see them develop into these extraordinary human beings.
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You can expect to see us add several notable multifamily producers. We're committed to the space. We're attracted by the space. We have a strong offering, and we want to continue to build on it.
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Going after a part in Hollywood is like being a gladiator in ancient Rome. When it comes down to getting a role, you don't have any friends, you're incredibly competitive and any actor who tells you different is lying.
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I saw it with my own eyes: Israelis and Palestinians, arm in arm, walking off together and clearly pricing how you could get your truck to the top of the line or get it through at all. It was an absolutely transparently corrupt system at the border - you had to buy your truck's way across. I thought it was a disgrace.
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I always loved '90210' growing up. It was one of my favorites - the old-school '90210'.
