Sarah Paulson Quotes
I've never been very comfortable as an actor looking out into the audience; I always like to keep my focus on the other person. When you start playing out to the audience, it takes me out of it, because people don't do that when you're in life behaving with another person - you don't often look out, around you, in a presentational manner.
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Because I am afraid of commitment. This movie certainly has some bearing and is some reflection of my real feeling about relationships, because I do have commitment issues. My friends tell me I have intimacy problems, but they don't know me, so who cares what they think?
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You can't succeed if you don't know what losing is.
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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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Bureaucracy gives birth to itself and then expects maternity benefits.
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Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next.
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The number was stronger than what people were looking for on the non-manufacturing NAPM. It is going to make it really hard for the Fed to keep talking that the economy is fragile.
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I love Europe even though I'm based in the U.S.
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I've never been very comfortable as an actor looking out into the audience; I always like to keep my focus on the other person. When you start playing out to the audience, it takes me out of it, because people don't do that when you're in life behaving with another person - you don't often look out, around you, in a presentational manner.
