Vinessa Shaw Quotes
In Garden Party or 40 Days and 40 Nights, I played characters who people dont necessarily like; I just find some humanity in them.
Quotes to Explore
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A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man.
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Often it seems that there are writers who are their best selves on the page. That Seamus Heaney was as genuine and deeply admirable in person as in his poems was to me a gift, then as now.
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My dad is a comedian, entertainer, you know. He always likes to make people laugh. With me, it just depends on what mood I'm in. You get what you get.
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Country music tells stories, and I've always loved to tell stories.
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What I don't miss is living in a small town where everybody knows you, your family, and what you ate for breakfast.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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Stop a minute, right where you are. Relax your shoulders, shake your head and spine like a dog shaking off cold water. Tell that imperious voice in your head to be still.
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If we just allowed women and men more leeway in our culture and more acceptance, I think they would be able to make better compromises.
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I'm the Chris Martin of hip-hop.
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I'm just the opposite of a lot of photographers who want everything to be really, really sharp. And they're always, you know, stopping it down to F64.
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One of my dreams is to walk down the runway during Fashion Week!
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The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
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One of the saddest things about publishing is how quickly it ages what it touches. The frenzy involved in getting books on shelves, and in putting the word out that they're there, moves at a speed that is not the speed of writing, let alone of reading.
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I think it's all about making records when you're inspired to make them.
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I've had a few ditty hits.
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You realize when you're pregnant how lucky you are to have access to medical care.
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American policies toward Asians reached a nadir in 1924, with the implementation of a law that sought 'to preserve the idea of American homogeneity' and denied admission to the country to most non-whites. Immigration from Asia was banned completely, with the establishment of an 'Asiatic Barred Zone.'
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I love to go to casinos with my wife. I play poker, and she's an old-fashioned slot queen. She even has a visor.
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Actors need to learn when their character is front and center and when it's more in the background.
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I'm always interested in a character who does something and doesn't understand why they've done it.
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Being a correspondent on 'The Daily Show' is some combination of doing a character and doing stand-up. It's a juggling act to find a balance between being you and playing a role.
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Are you a lucky little lady in the City of Light? Or just another lost angel... City of Night?
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My dad is an engineer and works on green energy, so I'm very aware of what it takes to keep a modern home running and how we can simplify.
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In Garden Party or 40 Days and 40 Nights, I played characters who people dont necessarily like; I just find some humanity in them.
