Hattie McDaniel Quotes
What is the thing that Hollywood demands most? Sincerity. No place in the world will pay such a high price for this admirable trait...
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I want to resume the life of a shy person.
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I think if a horror movie is really scary, you'll think about it for weeks, and there's something kind of fun about that - about our art, really.
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I'm not an ultra-libertarian who thinks there shouldn't be insider-trading laws at all.
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I wanted to show that Martin Luther King was simply a human being, not a god, not a saint.
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I personally don't think you should ever date someone you work with, will work with, etc. I won't ever date an actor.
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Our family had been shattered, but we now are more united, and the remains of my family and the majority of my mother's family are glad to know the truth about a horrible crime.
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Perfect order is the forerunner of perfect horror.
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I had a restaurant in Georgia for a while, and I really miss feeding everybody.
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I have all sorts of problems and feel discouraged.
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All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen.
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I was very slender and small. All my friends were on the team, so I had to make it too. I was a very aggressive player. I wanted to be one of the best, but I just ended up as one of the good ones.
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Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck.
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I don't like to be feared, and I can't work in conflict, I'm very bad with conflict. I try to avoid it, it paralyzes me.
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Who does understand life?
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When I was 15 years old, I left school and became a professional boxer.
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To me, running is therapy. It's mood-altering and gets my endorphins going. It's also a great release and a great energy builder.
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At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic.
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People like Spencer Tracy held up because they had the background originally, but to this day they never have changed Mr. Gable's role, or most of them.
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I have known healthy, wealthy people who were depressed, and people with critical illnesses who could honestly attest to joy.
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Fifty-million-dollar movies gobble up the medium movies. A lot of people aren't working in Hollywood because of this.
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Hollywood overstates both the romance of marriage and the prevalence of divorce. Celebrities have divorce rates that are atypical and higher than most couples. I suspect that in celebrity marriages, there are huge egos on both sides and they do seem to encourage unrealistic expectations about falling in love. The problem with our romantic culture is that you can love someone you don't respect and the marriage can run out of gas with that formula. Respect is essential - not just respecting your partner but being sure your partner equally respects you.
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If it wasn't so pointless and ridiculous, it would be more humiliating. Also, if there Hollywood weren't so many people as bad as myself - equally untalented people - it would be even more humiliating.
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You may be right that people say: 'You know what, we had Obama. He was inexperienced. The guy had great rhetoric, sounded good, looked good, but has turned out to be an utter disaster. I want someone where I have confidence and credibility that they're up to the job and that I can trust what they tell me.'
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What is the thing that Hollywood demands most? Sincerity. No place in the world will pay such a high price for this admirable trait...
