Nikki Cox (Nicole Avery Cox) Quotes
All that some actresses want is for people to take them seriously instead of caring about how they look.
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It's hard to generalize, because they're all different. When I started, I decided to take as much advantage as I could of the freedom offered by the SF field.
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I know so many people who are so much better at it than I am, and I think I'm a goofier person rather than a serious, dramatic actress, so I probably belong in comedy.
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If you're going on a plane journey, you're more likely to take one of my stories than 'Finnegan's Wake.'
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I'm 43 now. I've reached the point where I really can't care what anyone thinks. Of course, I do. I'm an actress. I'm totally insecure, but I'm trying to stick to my guns about what is important to me, and it doesn't matter what anyone thinks I should or shouldn't do.
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Doing a TV show is different because it's more of a TV version of something. A more focused take on things.
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I got completely fed up with that Hollywood blockbuster mentality. I couldn't take it seriously any longer.
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I love being able to take a nap in the afternoon.
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I'd rather be known for my accomplishments, and for things that I really do take pride in, rather than known for this doll-like image I had when I was a child.
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I'm a liberal, but I'm not biased. Seriously.
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I could never take orders from anyone.
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I took acting five times as seriously as anyone else. I just couldn't show it.
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I had no interest in being an actress what so ever, and when I was about 14 or 15, I was signed to a company in England. They owned a children's TV show which they put me in as a singer, and I was on the show for three years, and I left the show when I was 18 and started looking for a record contract.
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My most firmly held value is what Albert Schweitzer termed 'reverence for life.' I take this seriously; many would say that because I extend it to nonhumans, I take it too far.
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Being bombastic for the sake of being bombastic has just never been my take on the world.
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I have decided that I won't take up assignments that don't interest me.
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Sometimes one has to take on responsibilities that weren't those one imagined.
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I did modelling for a year, but then I always wanted to be an actress.
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When I wanted to be an actress, I never wanted really to be the kind of actress I became.
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Nothing will ensure war more certainly or entrench rivalries more seriously than for or against thinking!
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I think I'm the only 65-year-old actress in Los Angeles who hasn't had plastic surgery, so somebody's gotta play the old-lady parts!
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The instrument that I never learned how to play was my fans. You know, they are the part of the story that nobody teaches you. I just want to do the right thing; I want to be a voice with them, among them.
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I defy any newcomer not to believe his or her publicity at the very beginning. It's only natural. At least it was for me.
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It's because I'm a feminist that I can't stand women limiting other women's imaginations. It really makes me angry.
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All that some actresses want is for people to take them seriously instead of caring about how they look.
