Helen McCrory Quotes
I had a great start in television; the first thing I did was an episode of Performance called The Entertainer with Michael Gambon playing Archie Rice.
Quotes to Explore
-
Everyone has hiccups in their families.
-
I love to feature children and young adults as real people - flawed, naive, virtuous, venal - but real. I think it adds nuance and depth to the stories that wouldn't exist without them.
-
There's nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.
-
I'm such a fan of Shailene Woodley, so I'm super excited to see all her stuff. She's an awesome actress.
-
My job as the actress playing Hanna Schmitz, as the actress playing any part, is to understand the character, and to ultimately love the character. And I did love Hanna, absolutely, because I understood her as profoundly as I did at the end of the day.
-
We have the only cookbook in the world that has partial differential equations in it.
-
There is something inherent in our democracy that tends to want to level. America is a little uncomfortable in the presence of someone who is distinctly superior in whatever way.
-
I can't think of any more powerful moment than when you stand on a stage.
-
I always knew I'd be more of a character actor than a leading man, and I always wanted to take that and run with it.
-
The development of physics, like the development of any science, is a continuous one.
-
Mass media wants bright lights. Mass media wants crazy clothes.
-
The luxury we have when we do a series is that we go through a long journey, and it keeps a lot of information and things to be revealed.
-
There were musicians that influenced me, but they weren't all women. Teena Marie was a big influence because she wrote and produced her own music, which let me know that women could write and produce their own music, which was an empowering moment for me.
-
Separate inherently is not equal. There's a reason why $45 million was spent against marriage equality. It's because people understand the word does have meaning. And equality comes when we accept the same notions and the same institutions for everyone, regardless of race and gender and regardless of sex orientation.
-
In more than 20 years I've spent studying the issue, I have yet to hear a convincing argument that college football has anything do with what is presumably the primary purpose of higher education: academics.
-
I am totally unattached to material items.
-
When I heard that Paul Feig was directing an all-female 'Ghostbusters,' I was prepared to do anything to be a part of this, to be a part of what sounded like an incredible project.
-
Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal which the reader recognizes as his own.
-
This is amazing. I'm overwhelmed. It's music that I love so much from all of these magnificent artists.
-
Everyone will experience the consequences of his own acts. If his act are right, he'll get good consequences; if they're not, he'll suffer for it.
-
I've been taking batting practice in my barn where nobody can see me, so I may be better than anyone thinks.
-
I had a great start in television; the first thing I did was an episode of Performance called The Entertainer with Michael Gambon playing Archie Rice.
