Sarah Paulson Quotes
I'm addicted to routine. I don't know if that's because I moved around so much as child - by the time I was 12 years old, I had lived in about 10 different places. But I like going to the theater at a certain time.
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People take things so seriously.
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A lot of panel programmes rely on men topping each other, or sparring with each other, which is not generally a very female thing.
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First of all, returning from motherhood, I was looking for something lighter, and I wasn't as much attracted to Kate as I was to the relationship between the two people.
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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.
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Indie movies got co-opted by the studio system. The studios insisted that only stars could make movies successful.
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But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.
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I'm aware of the decisions I make and the responsibility I have as a role model. I wouldn't disregard that. It's a privilege.
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Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.
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I'll tell you something: my dad was a nuclear engineer and he was really bright, and I've always said that because of negotiating at such a young age with my dad, it was really such a gift because I could then negotiate with very difficult personalities - and not end up being the scapegoat. I learned to really pick and choose my battles.
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We had a great dramatic society in school, and that's where I first got exposure both as an actor and director.
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I've never cackled with laughter at a single line I've ever written. None of it has given me pleasure.
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We tell applicants, 'If you don't intend to be here for life, you needn't apply.'
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I don't get wrapped up in technique and the like.
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All through my life, I have never disguised my sentiments about politics in general.
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I'm for anything that lets people come here to work legally. There are more protections for workers who are here legally than for those who are not. It's also safer for the workers and employers have a more consistent pool of workers.
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I believe in music.
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The mentality with African and European people is different. In Africa, when you come from a difficult life, when it's not so easy to eat, not so easy to survive, you respect money when you start to earn it, and you respect people more. When you respect people, they will respect you, and your life is better for that.
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I started styling people when I was just eight years old, without even knowing what a stylist was.
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Sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of life.
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A book is like a man - clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly. For every flowering thought there will be a page like a wet and mangy mongrel, and for every looping flight a tap on the wing and a reminder that wax cannot hold the feathers firm too near the sun.
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During the year, our schools are busy slashing P.E. and recess to make more time for math. During the summer, we get ourselves worked into a tizzy that our children will forget their fractions.
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The hardest thing to write was explaining what anxiety feels like. Every time I'd try to really write about what it feels like to have an anxiety attack, I would actually have an anxiety attack. It was good material but so incredibly uncomfortable.
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What I enjoy most with acting is when it's a good scene with one or two other actors, and you feel a strong connection, and you don't know how you're going to respond, and everybody is listening to each other and getting affected by each other, and even though you've rehearsed it many times, it feels like it's happening right now.
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I'm addicted to routine. I don't know if that's because I moved around so much as child - by the time I was 12 years old, I had lived in about 10 different places. But I like going to the theater at a certain time.
