Melonie Diaz Quotes
Conflict is easy because we've all had conflict, but to really bond with someone and to have a genuine connection, it needs to come from a place by knowing them.
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When you have that connection to say, 'I'm going to play for something bigger than myself,' man, you have a chance to do something good.
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Putting on someone else's clothes is like putting on a mask.
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As an actor, I've always wanted to do characters that would help me find my connection with others and connect all of us together. You always want the energy of the character, the spirit of the person, to enter you. I've been doing this for 26 years and some of the things I've done are always with me.
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Do not deprive someone of his livelihood. This is a sinful tendency.
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I remain on 'SVU' because it is an incredible opportunity.
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If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it.
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I'm someone that speaks with their pads.
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That's the one criteria I have - I can't do an impression of someone I don't like.
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I haven't written about an immigrant experience because I haven't experienced that before and am focused on existential themes.
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I cannot live with someone who can't live without me.
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I don't want to be known as the Hilton heiress, because I didn't do anything for that.
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Everything I do today is because of what I did when I was 14.
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Al Qaeda is still a threat. We cannot pretend somehow that because Barack Hussein Obama got elected as president, suddenly everything is going to be OK.
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What I've tended to do is to use my own experiences to get into someone else's mind, like in Wuthering Heights.
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I have no connection with Hollywood. I'm not interested. I don't care.
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Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.
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Folks don't like to have somebody around knowing more than they do.
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I made the film in spite of Harvey, not because of Harvey.
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I do actually have a connection with James Herriot because we went to school in the same area. I went to Hillhead Primary School in the West End of Glasgow and he went to Hillhead Secondary.
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It's very rare that you get to play a character over the course of so many films. Bella meant a lot to me and she will always be such a formative event in my career. I grew up with her and she and I have been on this great journey together. I also see many parallels between her evolution and my own because I lived through so many things along the way while playing Bella and having this connection to so many people involved in making the films over the years. It would be impossible for me to separate my world from Bella's.
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I want to be an inspirational model. I want people to look at me and say, 'Wow, she looks healthy.'
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Never let your feelings get too deep, people can change at any moment.
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True love bears all, endures all and triumphs!
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Conflict is easy because we've all had conflict, but to really bond with someone and to have a genuine connection, it needs to come from a place by knowing them.
