Sara Zarr Quotes
I know I shouldn't say this—I know it as surely as I know the earth is round and beats are evil—and yet here it comes: “It's not too late to change your mind.
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I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
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About three months before a contest, I drink a lot of water. I start to drink a lot of water.
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Not long after 'The Pacific,' I began shooting the comedy 'Larry Crowne,' which was also with Tom Hanks, who also directed and plays the title character.
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I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.
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What I love about film is that everybody often connects to something so different, and things you couldn't anticipate when you were making the film, so you just make it as honest as possible.
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Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.
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When you are poor, you'll have to think of ways to be better off.
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Every villain needs her story told.
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I punish myself more than anybody else does if I am stupid about my actions, and I suffer, really suffer.
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There is an important idea in psychology: The 'just world theory,' which says that it is very important for us to convince ourselves that the world is just and things happen for a reason. That there is some elemental fairness in everything, which creates the illusion of justice.
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Working with children has done well for me. I don't find them intolerable or frustrating. They're just fun, full of energy, and happy to be there.
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In 1990, when I had just arrived in New York City as a wet-behind-the-ears 20-something girl from Arizona, I spent a year or more working as the personal secretary and secret ghostwriter to an American-born countess in her apartment on the Upper East Side.
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I simply wanted to get through college as quickly as humanly possible. I had no interest in extracurricular activities or anything that required me to be social. I was allergic to people.
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I look for someone whose upbringing was somewhat similar to mine because they can understand me - love for the family and everything else. You see someone's relationship with their parents, and you realize what that person's going to be like as a parent.
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In nature there are few sharp lines.
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Violence is one of the most fun things to watch.
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I think trust is the most important thing. If the actors and the director and the crew trust each other and you set up perimeters and boundaries, you give everyone space to do great work.
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I'll be totally honest in that I feel tremendously lucky that I am offered incredible jobs all the time to direct, but the problem that I have just personally is that there are only so many years in my life to dedicate to certain projects.
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Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted from.
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I will say I highly recommend, if you want to write a book also, have a child in the midst of that process because it will really force you to organize your time.
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Color and bite permeate a language designed to rally many men, to destroy some, and to change the minds of others.
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Whatever you hold in your mind on a consistent basis is exactly what you will experience in your life.
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I know I shouldn't say this—I know it as surely as I know the earth is round and beats are evil—and yet here it comes: “It's not too late to change your mind.
