Said Sayrafiezadeh Quotes
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My first conscious thought of 'I should be like that and not like this' was probably at about six, and I was playing with... I have a twin brother, and we were playing with our twin cousins, who are a boy and a girl.
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When the opportunity came along to do 'Win, Lose or Draw,' I took it selfishly to find out if I did enjoy being me on camera. And I did that for the last two years I was doing 'Mama's Family.'
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That's what I like about Neil Jordan's films: everyone is better at what they do than you are.
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I am happy with all the films I've done. I have not become the victim of an image. I have managed to do different roles, and I am proud of that.
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In 'Clockwork Orange,' you're there with your eyes, watching all those things, your brain goes off, ahh, exposes you to so many things, and at the end of the day, it's just like a roller coaster. Why do you jump in a roller coaster? You want a thrill.
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One of the first pieces of advice I was ever given, on my first job was, you should always buy something to treat yourself to say well done for getting the job! However I've not followed on that through yet... I've always wanted a tattoo, something to mark my experience.
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That term, 'David and Goliath,' has entered our language as a metaphor for improbable victories by some weak party over someone far stronger.
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I'm always looking for that sense of fun and adventure and even unlikeability. I don't want to be the obvious leading lady. I have the most fun playing these girls who are a little damaged and maybe a little insecure and trying to overcompensate for it.
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Speech happens to not be his language.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.
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For neither life nor nature cares if justice is ever done or not.
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The people don't run the system; the people are victims of the system. The people choose the leaders thinking that they will help them. But when they turn around, there is no help.
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As a child in the rural district of Penal I remember sharing meals from the same pot with neighbours of different racial, ethnic, social and economic backgrounds.
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The bottom line of Hollywood is money.
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I realized that acting isn't necessarily what I love, but it's what I do. But I really do love filmmaking.
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The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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I know that I have to give testimony about all the things I lived, but I need time.
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If a patient is cold, if a patient is feverish, if a patient is faint, if he is sick after taking food, if he has a bed-sore, it is generally the fault not of the disease, but of the nursing.
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Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do.
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'Anthem' was the record that almost didn't get made for a completely different reason than 'Underneath.'
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I'm not the biggest comic book fan.
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Sometimes I get very dressed up just to go to the corner for some bread; I dress for my own amusement.
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I feel more Jewish than I do Iranian.
