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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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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Through all of youth I was looking for you without knowing what I was looking for —W. S. Merwin
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Some movies get rushed out right after you make them and I'm not always happy with that.
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With Kevin Drew, as I said, in his own way just told me "You gotta find that person that talks to you in your songs." I think we succeeded. I feel relief, to be quite honest with you.
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I never dreamt of the Olympics growing up. It's not something that I watched on TV; it's not something my parents ever talked about.
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Hearing 'no' a lot of times usually tells you either you're crazy or you're on the right track, and you don't know which one it is until you finally launch.
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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.
