Felicity Jones Quotes
A lot of my time is spent watching films and reading scripts. And it can be all-consuming. And it's obviously something I'm fortunate that is both my work and my hobby. It's what I would naturally be doing anyway.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.
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Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
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We as women have a voice and we are decision makers in what film to see. We always support our boyfriends and husbands by going to see the male dominated films, but we don't compel them to see films with female casts.
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There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it's about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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Corruption is in society and in every strata of society.
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When something is at risk or in danger or about to be lost, those are the moments you start to realize how much it means to you.
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I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do.
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Embrace the grease, if any, and look fresh and human. I like to look like a glazed doughnut.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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I believe the Thai people are patient, and the people at least give me a chance to prove my ability to help them.
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I've been making a diary of the daft things people have said during London Fashion Week, and it does wear a little bit thin, everyone comparing my name to Edie Sedgwick.
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You feel like you need to deal with a lot if you're from Cleveland, so you learn to let things roll off your back, and you learn that humor is the best way to deal with it.
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I work with gold that holds our past and diamonds that see the future and rubies that long for love. It's just a way of telling a story.
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The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is going on in other people's minds.
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I don't really think about anything too much. I live in the present. I move on. I don't think about what happened yesterday.
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In the early '90s, I was hired to write educational dramas about HIV and AIDS in the shantytowns. I did that for two and a half years, and then I was hired on other films. When 'Tsotsi' presented itself, I thought, 'This is not a world I grew up in, but I've spent a great deal of time writing about it and researching it in my past.'
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Working 40 hours a week used to mean a minimum standard of living and a foothold on the first rung of the economic ladder to the middle class.
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Keep your faith in God, but keep your powder dry.
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The books I used to love as a kid, I used to read football books - and by that I mean soccer books - stories about boys in school who started to play football and then became the captain. I'd read them cover to cover. I just got lost in them.
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We have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued and they must be defeated.
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I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations.
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A lot of my time is spent watching films and reading scripts. And it can be all-consuming. And it's obviously something I'm fortunate that is both my work and my hobby. It's what I would naturally be doing anyway.
