Rachel Griffiths Quotes
I'm pretty ruthless about that; I think when you sign over your story, you sign over your story.
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The first 'Monsters, Inc.' represents starting at Pixar for me, I have a special place in my heart for it. So to be able to tell a story with those ideas is an honor.
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I had long had an instinct about there being a role for me in a creative industry. Maybe I didn't listen to that voice as much earlier on, but when it had become a deafening sound in my head I realised I had to go and explore it.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'.
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First of all, I try to be a positive role model.
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I don't get offered leading parts. I suppose I've become a kind of character actor or sideman. I think it had to do with probably in the '90s, I refused so many leading roles that they gave up on me, or I just became unpopular, or I became old. All those reasons.
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I love the unexplainable. It would be so boring to me if everything could be explained.
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The American Revolution as it actually unfolded was so troubling and strange that once the struggle was over, a generation did its best to remove all traces of the truth.
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When civilization takes a nose dive, how can you look away? You've got to be there. You've got to be at the bottom of the swimming pool taking notes.
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I didn't follow big box office ideas. That eventually led me to witches. It's led me to find interesting roles.
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If Wikileaks didn't resolve that question for folks - at the end of the day, there are no secrets. We're living in a glass neighborhood, in a fishbowl, and technology, white hat hackers, the folks that are doing the right thing with hacking.
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I do love being on television and in peoples' homes. I'm not an actor, so there is a connection that's real.
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When one sings, one does not speak about the problems of the every day. One speaks about the things which inspire us, which helped us.
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I went from buying my own condominium and a car for myself when I was 17 on 'The Facts of Life' to not being able to pay my rent. I was at the unemployment office all the time. I had to sell my record collection just to make ends meet. And then I started getting these voice-over jobs.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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Her angel's face, As the great eye of heaven shined bright, And made a sunshine in the shady place.
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I remember reading a 'Scientific American' article about the use of new physical techniques - including neutron scattering - as a method for unravelling the structure of the ribosome. I was fascinated.
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I was a social worker for Baltimore families. Now I'm a social worker building opportunities for families throughout America.
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You can easily say, 'I can go 56', but how are you going to do that?
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My husband is actually the nicest guy in the world. He's my sweetheart and best friend, and one of the things I love best about him is that no matter how terrible I look - and believe me, it can get bad - he makes me feel pretty.
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If you think down, you will go down. If you think up, you will go up. You’ll always travel in the direction of your thinking.
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I think the British audience might be more open-minded with some of my imagery and weird choices.
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I don't have to get married myself in order to campaign on behalf of gay marriage.
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I'm pretty ruthless about that; I think when you sign over your story, you sign over your story.
