Mandy Patinkin Quotes
One of the greatest gifts that 'Homeland' has given me is it's affirming on a daily basis.
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I'm feeling incredibly Botox-tempted as my face collapses around my shoulders.
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I think that's just part of how it is with making art. Sometimes you're just flooded with ideas, and then other times you're questioning all the ideas you ever had before, and everything is just... lame.
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Never sit staring at a blank page or screen. If you find yourself stuck, write. Write about the scene you're trying to write. Writing about is easier than writing, and chances are, it will give you your way in.
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I think film writing, you're thinking in pictures, and stage writing, you're thinking in dialogue. In film writing, it's also, you only get so many words, so everything has to earn its place in a really economical way. I think for stage writing, you have more leeway.
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I survived only a year in Berkeley, partly because I declined to sign the anticommunist loyalty oath.
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Of strong importance to me is the defense of minority rights, not just racial minorities, but ideological and religious minorities.
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We're trying to always expand Smosh and make Smosh a big thing.
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I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.
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Life started getting good when I started making money.
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I always say that I don't like it when people follow trends too much, just because it is on the runway. I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.
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I've never turned to anybody for advice and counsel. Even when I was a very small child, I had to stand on my feet because of the circumstances of those times, and somehow, the circumstances have remained more or less the same. I have to take my own decisions.
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I dislike when people try to pigeonhole me, when all I want is to do good work.
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Of course the United States and Russia have different interests. Nevertheless, both are strategic partners.
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My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'
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I wish I could have won a lot more tournaments, but I got injured every time I played well.
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After my tour I had time to stay at home, be with my boyfriend and hang out with friends and that brought me down to earth and helped me write music from a more relaxed place.
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I know what I'm having 'em put on my tombstone: 'I have nothing more to say'.
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I grew up in a family where the women were just nuts. They didn't stand around in cardigans making polite conversation while they chopped tomatoes.
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I fought the best; I've never been afraid of anyone.
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Ever get the feeling you've been cheated? Good night!
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Subject the material world to the higher ends by understanding it in all its relations to daily life and action.
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Most people like to read about intrigue and spies. I hope to provide a metaphor for the average reader's daily life. Most of us live in a slightly conspiratorial relationship with our employer and perhaps with our marriage.
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You can grow apart from people very quickly.
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One of the greatest gifts that 'Homeland' has given me is it's affirming on a daily basis.
