Gaby Hoffmann Quotes
Going into my 20s, I was uncertain, trying to figure out what my relationship to acting is.
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I enjoy all kinds of performances and take each role differently. I keep the audiences in mind.
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Every good movie I watch, the hero becomes my favourite. I start blushing every time a hero romances a heroine.
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It takes a lot of help - nature, friends, family, craftsmen - for me to make what I make.
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I worked with HBO on 'Recount,' and we had a wonderful experience together. I'm such a fan of HBO and how much flexibility they give in character as well as schedule.
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I think I'm a lot funnier and goofier than people were able to see on 'Dancing With the Stars.'
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I don't really see myself as a celebrity, but more as a sort of mitre.
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The physician must give heed to the region in which the patient lives, that is to say, to its type and peculiarities.
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The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self. And the arbitrariness of the constraint serves only to obtain precision of execution.
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Must we wait for selection to solve the problems of overpopulation, exhaustion of resources, pollution of the environment and a nuclear holocaust, or can we take explicit steps to make our future more secure? In the latter case, must we not transcend selection?
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I came to acting in a very circuitous way.
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If you write a novel alone you sit and you weave a little narrative. And it's O.K., but it's of no account.
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Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal. It was a lot of years of work, and when I won it, it was more a sense of relief than jubilation or exaltation.
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I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.
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All I ever wanted to do is to write stories that people will enjoy and feel at home with.
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I'm obviously really opinionated, but as a producer, you don't necessarily want the person you're working with to try to impress you - you want them to just be themselves. Then you can edit or mess around with what they've come up with. But you have to allow the artist that space.
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Personally, I am not so affected by my environment. What I build in the creative process is not necessarily connected to what I am physically in contact with. I am always observing everything, but it will not necessarily have a direct impact on what I do.
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Now I feel like whatever I do, no one can hurt me. I cannot be violated, I cannot be humiliated, I cannot be disregarded, I cannot be disrespected.
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One of the things I'm really good at is procrastinating.
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I've always thought that the act of playing the guitar was the act of trying to make a point of playing the guitar.
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I started reading all these men's magazines, trying to follow all the tips: what you're supposed to wear, what you're supposed to have, things you're supposed to say, and all the exercises you're supposed to do.
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When you have a major movie star, and then they're surrounded by local extras, it takes me out or makes me more conscious of what's going on, as opposed to losing myself in the movie.
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I have a hard time with scheduling, and with hunkering down and planning. That's always been a struggle for me.
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Going into my 20s, I was uncertain, trying to figure out what my relationship to acting is.
