Judy Davis Quotes
I think male roles are generally much better written. So for actresses, we're always dealing with trying to inject a role with more truth than the writer possibly had in mind.
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Hard work makes easy reading or, at least, easier reading.
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Acting was something I had to do.
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I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did.
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The thing I hate most in acting is asking permission to do things. What you really want to do is say, 'This is my need; this is what's going to get me further; this is what's going to be alive. I don't ever say, 'Do you mind if...?' I just come in and do it.
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During the election, I had three male opponents and we went into a runoff. The front runner for the men was a native of Dallas who had run at large before, but I had a higher profile than him from my community service.
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To be able to take my pictures, I have to look, all the time, at the people and places I care about.
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In our society, the sound of men complaining is like nails on a chalkboard.
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I went to film school and wanted to learn everything there was about making movies.
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I have a biology degree, okay?
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It's not my ambition to be a big star.
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If you work out 20 minutes a day in some way, you're going to see changes.
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At least believe this many humans, who are interested obviously in this topic. Many of them visited me after lectures and meetings, in hope that I can give concrete answers to their questions. For it was clear: If that does not know it, who is to then know it?
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As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view.
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I'm not a politician - it's not my cup of tea.
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If you die in an elevator, be sure to push the Up button.
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I'll always be Chinese first. It probably isn't politically correct to say or something that the majority understands; I can change my shoes, I can swap my passport, but, I'll always have this face.
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I was weeping because Richard Parker left me so unceremoniously. What a terrible thing it is to botch the farewell. I am a person who believes in form, in the harmony of order. Where we can, we must give things meaningful shape.
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I never really had the intention of being a rock 'n' roller. It's just that all of my best friends were great musicians and they felt sorry for me so they had me. (Much Music 1991).
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You're dying right now. Right this minute.' He looked at his watch, said, 'Right this second,' then tapped it with his finger. 'See there? That second passed. It's gone. Not gonna come again. And while I'm talking to you, every second I'm talking, a second is passing. Gone. Count them up. Count them down. They're gone. Each one bringing you closer to your dying time.
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Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.
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With acting, I always feel conscious of what I'm doing.
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My dad always associated information with liberation. He was very much in that Malcolm X tradition.
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I think male roles are generally much better written. So for actresses, we're always dealing with trying to inject a role with more truth than the writer possibly had in mind.
