Felicity Huffman Quotes
Right after 'Desperate' sold to China, we were the most watched show around the world at the time. That's really something great to be a part of.
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I am a Buddhist.
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I made a name for myself as someone who is determined to swim against the stream if it's dirty.
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I love CNN. I love the Cartoon Network. I mean, I thought these things up.
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I feel like sleep is the most important thing. I notice in my body, when I don't get enough sleep on a consistent basis, how I am dreary, or my mood changes, or I'm not as focused.
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Every different director has another language - for instance, Hitchcock does not like any bright color ever, unless the story says 'there goes the girl in a red dress.'
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My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.
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I was the first one in my family to go away to college. I came from a small town where there was no guidance in the high school at all. It was a mill town, and I never knew anyone who made their living from the arts. When you did go away to college, you went away to be something - an engineer, or a teacher, or a chemist.
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I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a bow and arrow for 18 months, how bad could that be?
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The first drama thing I really got stuck into was 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' I played Puck. That's when I said, 'I want to be an actor.'
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We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe.
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Of one thing there is no doubt: if Paris makes demands of the heart, then Munich makes demands of the stomach.
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Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels.
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One of the problems in the Navy is that tradition of being captain of the ship. And an awful lot of people can be retired in the Navy, get over it, get a life, and go on. But there's a lot who can't. And when they have to give up the ship, they got to be captain of something, every single day.
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Most people don't know what they spend in every single area, but they know they have a problem in particular areas.
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In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.
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My main point is to be funny; if I can slip a message in there, fine.
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I won't name any names, but I've done a couple of shows where once the pilot got picked up, the creators openly said, 'I have no idea where we're going.'
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But when I go to Chicago, I know I'm home.
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We have a long way to go in the world in all industries. If I'm in the situation where I have equal experience to the other actor and my role is just as significant, there is no reason why I should be paid less. It's not really part of my world anymore, because I just won't accept it.
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I get very involved in my characters. Sometimes I have a very hard time separating my characters from my life.
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Don't waste time on what's not important. Don't get sucked into the drama. Get on with it: don't dwell on the past. Be a big person; be generous of spirit; be the person you'd admire.
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Years and years ago, when everyone knew that Pierce was going to be doing the job, they started selecting new people. I had this bizarre thing when I hadn't done many movies, and of going on for an interview.
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I still play my old vinyl LPs - I like the scratches - and I miss browsing in record shops, because they held great nostalgia for me.
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Right after 'Desperate' sold to China, we were the most watched show around the world at the time. That's really something great to be a part of.
