Eugenio Derbez Quotes
I wanted to be a dramatic actor. I never realized I was funny until I was 20-something.
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First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard.
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Whenever you feel down, you can check on Twitter and feel better about yourself, because it's only people who like you.
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I don't live by all these rigid, weird rules that make me feel all fenced in. I just like the way that I feel like, and that makes me feel very free.
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The true Tarot is symbolism; it speaks no other language and offers no other signs.
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The health industry, the fitness industry, was really starting to pick up. This was around the mid 80's.
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It's funny to think that when you get done with an acting job, you're considered unemployed. There are definitely times when those checks don't last forever. I went to college at a private school, and I racked up quite a bit of debt. I was very slow to pay them back.
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I think everyone evolves over the years, but I have always had the silhouette that I know suits me. I am never going to wear a frothy, poufy thing that sticks out because I have found a style that works for me, and I stick with it.
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Women are capable of doing so many things these days, physically, emotionally, within relationships and career. There are so many things that women have evolved into and I feel really proud about where women are right now.
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We need to do more to conserve fuel or face tougher choices such as steep price increase or even quantitative restrictions.
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I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural societies, and villages, than in towns.
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When people don't get enough information, they make it up.
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Any chance to get out and play live for some people and get out of the studio is nice.
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Siberia is a state of mind.
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If my gravy train stops at SAG, honey, it's been a great ride.
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I don't view my memory as accurate or static - and, in autobiographical fiction, my focus is still on creating an effect, not on documenting reality - so 'autobiographical,' to me, is closer in meaning to 'fiction' than 'autobiography.'
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I start my day with granola, fresh fruit, and skim milk and end it with something healthy that also comes from my own kitchen.
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One day you look out and the audience consists of 65,000 people. It's like looking in the mirror and one day you realise you've gone grey.
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Everyone is related to Africa; everyone comes from Africa. We are all distant relatives.
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Soaps are one of the few areas on TV that really embrace older women. In drama, there's this ridiculous invisibility for women between the ages of 40 and 60. Unless you're old enough to play a grandmother, there just aren't the roles.
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A little action often spurs a lot of momentum.
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People ask what I am really trying to do with humor. The answer is, 'I'm getting even.' … For me, being funny is the best revenge.
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People have an idea that the preacher is an actor on a stage and they are the critics, blaming or praising him. What they don't know is that they are the actors on the stage; he (the preacher) is merely the prompter standing in the wings, reminding them of their lost lines.
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I was looking at pictures of cats laying out on the beach and I thought, "Cats hate water, so why would they like the beach?" But then I realized that cats like to just lay around and lounge and be lazy, and what better place to do that than on the beach?
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I wanted to be a dramatic actor. I never realized I was funny until I was 20-something.
