Sarah Silverman Quotes
I dress normal because I want people to treat me regular. And their brains explode. It's really fun.
Quotes to Explore
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Let's not get too precious about it: actors are not heart surgeons or brain surgeons. We are just entertaining people.
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Everything's always about being homogenized and following in a group. The people who stand out always have the most problems.
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People always say I'm a legend, but I'm not. Not until I've defended my Olympic titles. That's when I've decided I'll be a legend.
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Music means different things to different people and sometimes even different things to the same person at different moments of his life.
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I come from Nigeria, and we live by the idea that it takes a village. So my entire team. I live by my team: my friends, my neighbors, my teachers - they're the people who taught me how to be a free actor.
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I'm a big champion of people doing things outside the system.
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It's really fun to act like a bimbo. But it's fun to act like a bimbo only when people know that you really aren't one.
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'St. Trinian's' is probably taking it to the extreme, but in essence it's saying, 'If you be yourself, you can do whatever you want,' and it's sort of a fun message.
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I still sweat bullets if I go on The Tonight Show, but I tell myself, You can either have fun tonight or you can be shy and miserable. You ask my friends or anyone I work with now - nobody would say I was shy.
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When you do acoustic shows, there's always a more intimate vibe. I go into them with lowered expectations and assume that people don't want to hear me.
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When I'm in the U.K. – and I'm here more than people would think – I tend to keep a very low profile.
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Most people have excellent necks. Now they cover them with curtains, which is kind of ridiculous. But there are some beautiful necklines that you can cut into and create wonderful backs, as well as bone structure for the face.
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I want to know what people thought and what they wore and what they ate for breakfast.
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You know, people call mystery novels or thrillers 'puzzles.' I never understood that, because when I buy a puzzle, I already know what it is. It's on the box. And even if I don't, if it's a 5,000-piece puzzle of the 'Mona Lisa', it's not like I put the last piece in and go, 'I had no idea it's the 'Mona Lisa'!'
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I think by now if people hire me, they know I'm going to improvise. I'm an improviser by trade.
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I think kids in every minority need to see people like themselves in books; that's an acknowledgment of their existence on this planet and in this society.
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Even when I was modelling, I never had a mom sitting on my head and a bunch of people waiting on me. I've always been independent. I'll do my thing and go.
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I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous.
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It is a good deal easier for most people to state an abstract idea than to describe and thus re-create some object they actually see.
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I know some good marriages-marriages where both people are just trying to get through their days by helping each other, being good to each other.
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The ADA allows persons with disabilities the opportunity to participate in the world around them.
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I'm aiming to do what I need to do for acting and nothing more. I'm bowing down to acting.
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We're all born with the capacity to be our best selves - to be who we really are. Then we hear the messages that exist in our fear-based society, and we get beaten down. Being confident means peeling away the doubt, fear, and worry and getting back to our core. Confident people have learned how to get back to their pure selves.
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I dress normal because I want people to treat me regular. And their brains explode. It's really fun.
