Rozonda Thomas Quotes
I was on 'That '70s Show' as the sexy nurse. I like that show, but I hated my character. I was like, 'I will never do anything like this again in my life. I feel crazy.'
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Maybe I should pretend like I'm not insecure, but I really am. This movie is going to come out and... will people like it? Will they like Rey?
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When I was a young boy, I was obsessed with skulls and mummies and things like that.
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Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.
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What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or does it explode?
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I'd like to do something where there's a strong female character and some action. I've done a few stunts in the past.
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When I did 'The Social Network', David Fincher told me that I managed to make a thankless character pretty awesome. I thought that was really cool because I think he's really cool.
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I like Jay-Z, 50 Cent and Common. But I like the underground stuff like Young Jeezy, Black Rob and Shine. I also love heavy metal like Slipknot and Pantera, It's very intense stuff.
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Never jeopardize who you are for a role. Now, I'm not saying you should never change for a role, because the fun of being different characters is adapting different nuances and different parts of the character, but never jeopardize your moral compass or anything like that to have a role.
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My mom actually taught fifth grade, so... I'm good with fifth graders. That's, like, my specialty.
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Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work.
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The euro is a hybrid of a fixed exchange-rate regime, like the 1980s ERM or the 1930s gold standard, and a state currency.
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I'll fight a bear, but I don't like spiders. I'm not a fan of those.
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My director is usually aware of what works for me and what doesn't. For 'Srimanthudu,' I have to give full credit to director Koratala Sivagaru for handling my character the way he did.
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'24' is such an iconic show.
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I always say the classier cousin of 'Anchorman' is 'Mad Men,' because when you really look at it, why do people really love Don Draper in 'Mad Men?' He's just a terrible guy. But we know why he's terrible, and I think that's really key to why you can be sympathetic to a character.
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If I could remake any Eighties project, it would be less an action flick than a character-driven drama with a rich story to tell.
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I feel like there's no such thing as gender.
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Artists forget than the first purpose of a comic character is to convey emotion. Everything else, like realism, or other kinds of virtuosity, is an optional extra. If you sacrifice expression for the sake of other concerns, you're putting the cart before the horse.
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'Dallas' hit a chord back in the late Seventies and Eighties because it was the age of greed: here you have this unapologetic character who is mean and nasty and ruthless and does it all with an evil grin. I think people related to JR back then because we all have someone we know exactly like him. Everyone in the world knows a JR.
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I think it's really hard for filmmakers to adapt books.
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I didn't write anything at all except book reports until I was in seventh grade, and then I wrote mostly poetry for myself.
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The golden age is before us, not behind us.
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I was on 'That '70s Show' as the sexy nurse. I like that show, but I hated my character. I was like, 'I will never do anything like this again in my life. I feel crazy.'
