Jacki Weaver Quotes
When I was seven, I wanted to be Esther Williams. I was drummed out of Brownies because I snuck off to the cinema to watch an Esther Williams festival - my greatest wish if I get to Hollywood is to meet her.
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Any creative process comes with a level of self-analysis and self-criticism. There's a lot of waking up in the middle of the night going, 'Oh, I wish I had done that differently.'
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In Yellowstone National Park, there are more 'do not feed the animals' signs than there are animals you might wish to feed.
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Everyone has something to sell. The greatest thing you can ever sell is an idea or talent.
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I feel like Adele is a diva. Not in the bad way. She is one of the greatest voices of this industry and of her own art. What she offers is so unique that she's risen to such a status that very few artists can enjoy.
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Brad Pitt is a dude who just wants to make good movies. He's not afraid to surround himself with the greatest actors, which I always appreciate because I've also seen actors who only want to surround themselves with weak actors because it makes them look better. That ends up making a poorer movie.
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I wanted to make a film - and I've been wanting to do this for 16 years - about life in care, and bring it to the public's attention, because I had never seen anything, on TV or in the cinema, which said: 'This is how it feels to be a kid in care'.
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Of course we wish that more people involved in the leak of my true CIA identity had been prosecuted, but the system worked.
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The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
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The notion of directing a film is the invention of critics - the whole eloquence of cinema is achieved in the editing room.
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The excitement of the fans in Montreal, especially in the playoffs, I don't think you can get that anywhere else. For a hockey player, I kind of wish everyone could go through that and experience what it is to play there. It's very unique.
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The greatest crime since World War II has been U.S. foreign policy.
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I wish I didn't have to perform 'Iron Man' every night.
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My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility.
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Access to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous centuries.
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Pakistan is a free country, so according to me, in a free country, it's every right of the citizen to live the way they wish.
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I have always been clear that cinema is not my priority and that my family is.
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I love moments in film where there's no dialogue, and somebody communicates something with a look that kills you. That's why I love going to the cinema.
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I'm very punctual. I wish I could change this about myself because most people around me are not.
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I don't believe in ghosts and have never seen one. I wish I could see one, and I would like to have seen one because then I could believe in God. If I can see it, feel it and taste it, then I believe in it.
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I find it quite boring when you're listening to radio, and it's the same kind of voice that's on every song on the radio. You can't really tell a lot about that singer as a storyteller and about the singer from what they're singing.
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I think it would be difficult to argue that I'm a net-negative for womankind. I've tried pretty hard to bring in unusual female voices and perspectives. Not just young women and not just white women, either. I don't know that I'm the best target for improvement. I don't know that I'm the problem.
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I thought my sports career was over once I got into a wheelchair. That was the hardest reality I had to face.
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People are always saying bad things about them, but really they think they're just trying to clean up our planet. I'm not saying it's right but, you know, we could all benefit from following that example.
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When I was seven, I wanted to be Esther Williams. I was drummed out of Brownies because I snuck off to the cinema to watch an Esther Williams festival - my greatest wish if I get to Hollywood is to meet her.
