Faye Dunaway Quotes
I often say the last role I played that really touched me and where I was able to access what I really am was Bonnie, which is kind of sad when you think how early in my career that was.
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The first thing my writing ever earned me wasn't an advance on a book; it wasn't a fee for an article or anything like that. It was, in fact, a residency at Hedgebrook Farm.
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The only reason that it takes me seven years to do stuff is because I just don't really have a plan.
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Lately, I've been doing a lot of tuning in and impatiently tuning out. As a longtime fan of talk radio, I don't think this bodes well for the long-term broad appeal of the medium.
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The Kiss scene was attempted three times. The first was in a peculiar spot of the fort on the ground level. It felt forced to me, and I knew right away that, in spite of what others were saying, it was dead wrong.
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I enjoy the sari. I think it's the sexiest garment ever. It shows you the right amount, it covers the right amount, it's extremely versatile, it suits every body type, it suits every face.
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I think that all things, in their way, reflect heavenly truth, the imagination not least.
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Mr. Norrell is like a librarian trying to do magic... That's the story of my career, really. I stand next to good looking men and make them look better!
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My first trip to Mexico was with my dad because of his Spanish records. That was back in 1958. I found a picture of me when I was eight dressed as a little senorita.
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Deacon Jones has been the most inspirational person in my football career.
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Everybody has this sack they're carrying. Some are heavier. Some are lighter. But no one doesn't have it. And if you think someone doesn't have it, they have a bigger one than you imagine.
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Music is really nothing if you think about it - it only becomes something when somebody listens to it. And then it becomes uncontrollable.
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I used to sit in front of McDonald's and ask people for dollars to get me a cheeseburger. It was bad.
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Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
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I like to think of myself as a storyteller.
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My audience has really become a very diverse group of people. It's not just 15-year-old girls. That's kind of what allows me to write from all the different places I want to write from.
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When I went from being an academic to being a member of the community of writers some of my former colleagues did look on me with a certain resentment.
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I think sci-fi films have become rather bleak, and understandably so - I think we've made some big mistakes globally with how we're developing, and we deal with that guilt by creating these very dystopian futures in films.
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Don't take anything from me because I'll track it down.
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The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else. Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual. Remember: Jobs are owned by the company, you own your career!
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If I had been white with the things I did, they never would have allowed me to get out of baseball.
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What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give.
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I'll read a script maybe twice, but I'll think about the role more than I'll rehearse lines.
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Creative writing lessons can be very useful, just like music lessons can be useful. To say, as Hanif Kureishi did, that 99.9% of students are talentless is cruel and wrong. I believe that certain writers like to believe they arrived into the world with special, unteachable powers because it is good for the ego.
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I often say the last role I played that really touched me and where I was able to access what I really am was Bonnie, which is kind of sad when you think how early in my career that was.
