Essie Davis Quotes
I honestly do think that every character - you pick up the things, little things that you like about them in your life. Especially if you play a character for a long time.

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I am a proud Zionist. I can tell you about every blossom that grows in this land. I know the history and the Bible.
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I'm not into things that feel like a sequel. There's just something magical about when something happens for the first time.
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You can de-select the songs that you don't want to have on the record, but I hope we always put something out that has a lot of songs that the majority of people will love.
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Chet loved artists. He did. But he was caught up in the system. He had two hats. He had to have 'em because he did two things: he was an artist, and he was an executive.
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Touring helped me understand where I needed to be better in my music.
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I always felt that anorexia was the form of breakdown most readily available to adolescent girls.
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I've done a lot of sci-fi, so I was a little hesitant because you get pigeonholed into that genre and world. But at the same time, I love sci-fi because the women are so strong and independent and smart.
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I'd love to see more women working as directors and producers.
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Authors are sometimes like tomcats: They distrust all the other toms but they are kind to kittens.
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I'd never been around or seen a black showrunner, and in some ways you wish that it wasn't a big deal.
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Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.
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I never go anywhere without a book for fear of being stuck in line in front of the theater or strapped down in the dentist's chair and being bored witless. Thus, I read everywhere.
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If you're Irish, it doesn't matter where you go - you'll find family.
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The Chinese enjoyed the spectacle of death, Jim had decided, as a way of reminding themselves of how precariously they were alive. They liked to be cruel for the same reason, to remind themselves of the vanity of thinking the world was anything else.
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Execution is everything.
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I'm always interested to see what films are made of books. I kind of don't participate as a filmgoer in any kind of debate about what's better, the book or the movie. So I think it's interesting when people want to do it.
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Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.
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You have to make bold choices to be noticed.
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Man is never perfect nor contented.
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I need theatre for my equilibrium because in theatre, the actors don't care so much about image, about celebrity; you are more independent.
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I tend to sleep a lot.
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I'm an atheist, a devout atheist, but I find religion fascinating. Primarily because of cultural references, as in: This is what we grew up with. Both on a personal level and a collective level.
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When Christians start thinking about Jesus, things start breaking down, they lose their faith. It's perfectly possible to go to church every Sunday and not ask any questions, just because you like it as a way of life. They fear that if they ask questions they'll lose their Christ, the very linchpin of their religion.
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I honestly do think that every character - you pick up the things, little things that you like about them in your life. Especially if you play a character for a long time.