Vilayanur S. Ramachandran Quotes
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Well, when you get into the business, what you have to realize is that signing autographs and getting 'bothered' is just part of the deal. It's not a bother to me at all. That's part of being an actor and that's something you have to realize before you ever get into this business.
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Everyone has something to sell. The greatest thing you can ever sell is an idea or talent.
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Nothing's better than coming away from a film when people don't even recognize you, because you've undergone a total transformation.
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You don't despair about something like the Middle East, you just do the best you can.
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One of the most important reasons for living is to do something - live outside of yourself and put together an idea, an idea that you want to explore and then complete... Awaken your creative sensitivities!
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Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.
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Self-worth comes from one thing - thinking that you are worthy.
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I know feeling pressure gets you nowhere creatively. You've just got to understand the character, understand the story, and just play it to the fullest extent.
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My roots are in stand-up, and stand-up is very freeing. There's no script involved; you just fly.
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A lot of my creative energy is spent coming up with a concept that, once I get it, I feel like it writes itself.
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The computer offers another kind of creativity. You cannot ignore the creativity that computer technology can bring. But you need to be able to move between those two different worlds.
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What you do on a dinosaur expedition is you hike and look at the ground. You find bones sticking out of the dirt and, once you see something, you dig.
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If you are an Arabic-speaking, Greek-Orthodox going to a French school it makes you deeply sceptical if you have to listen to three different accounts of the Crusades - one from the Muslim side, one from the Greek side and one from the Catholic side.
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Are you a Democrat because you're a union member? Then why, after eight years of Bill Clinton, does some Chinese guy in Guangdong province have your job?
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You're not sick you're just in love.
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Listen, when somebody says, 'I take the fifth,' well, you know, they did something, OK? Why else would they take the fifth?
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Oh, did I tell you I have a cookbook? I have a cookbook deal.
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There are really very few roles for women in films in which you can also make a living.
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Age is no barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind.
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A U.S. dollar is an IOU from the Federal Reserve Bank. It's a promissory note that doesn't actually promise anything. It's not backed by gold or silver.
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Galleries are easier to steal from than the Apple Store, maybe.
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Self-worth comes from one thing - thinking that you are worthy.
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My mom was my main influence growing up, and Phylicia Rashad reminded me a lot of my mother, just the way she handled certain things, she was... not soft-spoken but smooth-spoken. Just very calm, cool, collected about things.
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The minute you succumb to outside pressure, you cease to be creative.
