Evelyn Keyes Quotes
I got to star in my own movies. I even had my name above the title in some cases. But what am I known for? My bit part.
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I love the idea of getting up early on Sundays and walking to the market to pick up fresh fruits and vegetables. It's a good way to start my day, and it makes me feel like I've accomplished something before other people are even awake.
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My dad and I would watch Ray Lewis a lot. His tenacity, and he was everywhere. I wanted that mindset, too.
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I lose film roles because I'm a person who doesn't keep quiet about certain things. But if my heart tells me something is wrong, I'm going to go and do something about it.
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I didn't follow big box office ideas. That eventually led me to witches. It's led me to find interesting roles.
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I don't know if it's irrational, and I would never say this before, but I think I'm a little bit agoraphobic when I'm in huge crowds of people. I mean, it's claustrophobic, probably – small spaces and large groups of people, anxiety rises for me.
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I was this kid who had been raised in New York, and now all of a sudden, my mother decided that she was a Jewish divorcee and therefore she should be living in Miami Beach.
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When I was a kid, I had two great guilty pleasures. One was horror movies and the other was martial arts movies.
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I'm not so sure I believe in dopplegangers. I just prefer to be Dane DeHaan.
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My parents wouldn't have sent me out into the world with wool over my eyes. You have to be aware, or you'll be swallowed.
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We're never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world.
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I never read my reviews... not even the good ones. Barbra Streisand once told me, if just one person in the audience doesn't applaud, it bothers her. I'm the same way. I'd be devastated to read that someone didn't like my work.
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Whoever does not philosophize for the sake of philosophy, but rather uses philosophy as a means, is a sophist.
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I do respond well to a director, a teacher - someone who doesn't accept mediocrity.
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We need to remain a nation that doesn't just welcome but that celebrates legal immigrants who come here seeking to pursue the American Dream.
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The best Christmas present I got from my husband was a week to do whatever I wanted.
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There's something about the shape that a poem takes in my mind before I write it that has to do with suddenness.
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I often use the word 'magical' to talk about what it feels like on set.
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Love is when you meet someone who tells you something new about yourself.
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Sometimes, I think I could have been a major movie star with the vast mansion and staff. I look at my Volvo and think it could be a limousine. I think of the roles I turned down. But then I wouldn't have had any children.
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I took to New York life like a star shooting through the heavens.
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I can't take the theater side out of myself.
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Right now, I'm thinking in terms of just having a good band, man. Having a good act for the stage. Being a good performer, you know? Connected to that is future recordings, and future tunes, that kind of stuff.
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I own a home in Kyoto, Japan actually on the temple on grounds in Nanzenji that is going to become a Japanese art museum.
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I got to star in my own movies. I even had my name above the title in some cases. But what am I known for? My bit part.
