Gaby Hoffmann Quotes
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Being on 'The Sopranos' definitely prepared me for the militant secrecy of 'Mad Men.'
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Our parents came home one day and heard us, and they thought it was the radio, but our grandfather told them it was us.
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I love diamond facials - they leave me glowing and refreshed.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating!
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But the soul of touring and the heart of it is basically every day is like putting up a circus tent.
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I wanted to bring people together, and most importantly not feel threatened when they came to watch me box.
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There came a moment in my life when I realized that I had stepped into another part of my life. I used to walk into a room full of people and think, do they like me? And one day I walk in and I thought, do I like them?
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The most memorable engagement for me, I suppose, was an away-day to Leicester. I went without William, so I was rather apprehensive about that.
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You can spend an entire day walking around in New York, whereas in L.A., it always ends at some point because you have to find a way to get home.
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My favorite moments? Where it's all going swimmingly, the sun's out and I've got a fire going and a nice snake on the barbecue.
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This experience has also humbled me by giving me a true understanding of what millions of others face each day in their own fight against cancer.
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I had immigrant grandparents who came to this country and came for religious freedom and loved it, never made any money, Bronx, Brooklyn, but loved America. And they told me every day it's the greatest country in the world.
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Just to go into a shop without getting stared at would be nice. I mean, I don't walk around like, 'Oh, I'm trying to be famous' - I try to lead as normal a life as possible - but sometimes it's annoying. It's fine; it's not a massive problem, but sometimes it's just a bit uncomfortable.
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Every day, you get up, and the world is changing; your customers are expecting more from you. Your competitors are putting pressure on you by doing more and trying to beat you here and beat you there.
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A nice blend of prediction and surprise seem to be at the heart of the best art.
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When I was a little girl, I used to walk around with a towel on my head, pretending I was a nun. And then one day my mother said, 'Why don't you just become an actress, and then you can pretend you're a nun.'
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I'm fascinated by the capacity to be able to do harm. I struggle every day with the ability of people to do evil. Not just the big things - the petty things that people do in order to make someone feel small, when it's so easy to do, and it hurts so much.
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I no longer say nice things about yoga. I was doing yoga so long before everybody else.
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Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect.
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And harmony means that the relationship between all the elements used in a composition is balanced, is good.
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It never occurred to me that 'Phantom of the Opera' was the sort of subject that I'd want to do, because I just thought it was something that would be a bit jokey. 'Til I read the book.
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If somebody smiles at me on the street, I'm like, 'Hi, have a nice day!'
