Rachel Griffiths Quotes
Why movies are so powerful is because you are right in there and you stay in there until they want you to come out, and then you've really gone somewhere.
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If I had a big brother who was a year older than me or something, I probably wouldn't have ended up being a filmmaker.
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The problem is that no ethical system has ever achieved consensus. Ethical systems are completely unlike mathematics or science. This is a source of concern.
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I want to do roles that take women a step farther. I don't want to be slotted into anything. But if I get a brilliant role which requires me to be a mother, then I will do it. But I want people to see that a woman could be anything at whatever age, even if she is married or has two kids.
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Cornwall bears a certain resemblance to Italy: each is like a leg or boot, but Italy stands a-tiptoe to the south, whereas Cornwall is thrust out to the west. But, whereas Italy is kicking Sicily as a football, Cornwall has but the shattered group of the Scilly Isles at its toe.
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This is the people's money, and we need to use it on their priorities. Increasing the pay of members of Congress is not their priority.
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Nature also forges man, now a gold man, now a silver man, now a fig man, now a bean man.
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Cross-cultural marriage is difficult, especially when one person has to live in another country. But I thought there was a very good chance of it working because people grow together if they have a common passion.
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Feminism was about making women's lives less constrained and giving them more choices.
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My uncle was the first brown person to have a market stall on Petticoat Lane in the 1960s. He worked his way up from the street. He was homeless, but eventually he got a car so he could sell from the boot. And by the 1980s, he was a millionaire wholesaling to companies like Topshop. So in a way, fashion put me in England.
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I really enjoy doing films, but I also love television. I certainly would not be against doing some regular television work and being on a show that runs several years.
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Many of us will be obsessed with one or another kind of secret or revelation, be it gossip about friends or ourselves, a fantasy about spies, or a worry about the most personal information now stored in data banks. But few of us think about secrets in general, or about the moral rights and wrongs of hiding or exposing them.
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You don't have to be dowdy to be a Christian.
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Everybody is improving but I am improving slowly, which seemingly widens our distance.
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Most actors and actresses are performative as people.
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Back in the day, I used to read 'Archie,' but I haven't been a comic book aficionado.
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A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
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I think if you have a good night's sleep, you can take on the world.
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I've seen the future and it's much like the present only longer.
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The billable hours is a classic case of restricted autonomy. I mean, you're working on - I mean, sometimes on these six-minute increments. So you're not focused on doing a good job. You're focused on hitting your numbers. It's one reason why lawyers typically are so unhappy. And I want a world of happy lawyers.
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Sometimes you just make a contact, and it feels right, but you don't know why. But down the road, something will happen that will make it clear why that connection had to be made at the point it was made.
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People are used to music that justifies street culture but something that's not touched on is why these kids act the way they act, live the way they live.
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I think it's always good for gay people to come out, but it's also understandable why people might choose not to do so.
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It is the most powerful creation to have life growing inside of you. There is no bigger gift.
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Why movies are so powerful is because you are right in there and you stay in there until they want you to come out, and then you've really gone somewhere.
