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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We're not here just to take part; we're here to take over.
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I think it's terribly difficult to take sex seriously if you've got a sense of humor.
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Wole SoyinkaMy horizon on humanity is enlarged by reading the writers of poems, seeing a painting, listening to some music, some opera, which has nothing at all to do with a volatile human condition or struggle or whatever. It enriches me as a human being.
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People in general have a preconceived idea of what prison is, from seeing documentaries or whatever.
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As a teenager growing up in Europe, I embraced the romantic ideal. For me, I had to give up the ideal that one person would be there for everything. Once you give up that ideal, then you begin to accept the person that you are with - the person who won't be able to give you everything and who won't be able to know exactly what you want and feel without you even needing to say it.
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All that some actresses want is for people to take them seriously instead of caring about how they look.
