Ruth Gordon Quotes
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Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.
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Shakespeare's villains are fabulous because none of them know that they are villains. Well, sometimes they do.
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My mom and stepdad were strict. I couldn't date; I couldn't go out. And I was a kid who was never good at just taking no for an answer. I needed to understand why. And sometimes they weren't interested in explaining.
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To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
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For me, it's very offensive when I notice that it's all about my appearance, how I look, that a man doesn't care who I am.
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The secret is to make sure your family comes before anything else, because no matter what you do you've got to come home.
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A movie and a stage show are two entirely different things. A picture, you can do anything you want. Change it, cut out a scene, put in a scene, take a scene out. They don't do that on stage.
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I'm proud of my decade-long fight to have all ophthalmologists re-certify, regardless of age.
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The nature of an ensemble means when you're a supporting character and not the lead character, you get little tidbits here and there, but you're usually there to provide bits of comic relief and little bits of action or something.
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If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director.
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I always had acting work when I needed it. I think that is why, when I watch films or TV series in America, I find in small roles or in supporting roles really amazing faces, where I have the feeling these people have actually had a life outside of acting. I find it almost a pity that I've never done anything else.
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Generally, if I read something that I think is really good and that I feel a connection with and is right for me, I see and hear who the guy is, as manifested by me.
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Fate determines many things, no matter how we struggle.
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Try everything, because you're never sure what you're going to be great at.
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I feel like dance, by its nature, goes so easily to grand and beautiful.
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Multiplicity was a movie that tested really well. People seeing the movie really liked it, but then the studio couldn't market it. We opened on a weekend with nine other films.
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When people are struggling, that's a painful place to be in, to not know who you are and where you belong and what you desire.
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The only people who see the whole picture are the ones who step outside the frame.
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I would probably go so far as to say that I couldn't act before I met Richard Ayoade.
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Now I begin to be a disciple... Let fire and cross, flocks of beasts, broken bones, dismemberment... come upon me, so long as I attain to Jesus Christ.
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Nick Diaz is a guy who walks forward, has great boxing skills.
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I don't like any category; categories are not my favorite subject. They're too confining.
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Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.
