Rita Mae Brown Quotes
Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.
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With a face like this, there aren't a lot of lawyers or priest roles coming my way. I've got a face that was meant for a mug shot, and that's what I've been doing for the past thirty years.
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My mum wouldn't have had any time for fantasy stuff; she's more practical.
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I joined a radical group at the age of 16 because I'm a passionate man; the good news is that I turned myself around since then. But my character is still quite free and passionate.
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The thing about travelling is that you work hard and play hard, but you can do all those things without your parents knowing.
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I just respect Kanye as an artist.
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A movie is about human beings, about humanity.
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Truth never damages a cause that is just.
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All I remember is the last time I played a videogame, it was Space Invaders.
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The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.
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If people don't like me for whatever I do, for being me, then that's too bad. I don't want to change to be something that I'm not for other people to like me.
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I like to try to make the characters I play be as human as possible.
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You can be very famous without being a great actress, and that's not good for me.
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I think Gore does have to worry. He is tied to Bill Clinton. We know that there were telephone calls that he made from his office. We know that there were visits to the Buddhist temple.
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The thing is, I've never been a handsome leading-man type, so let's not kid ourselves.
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I love 'Homeland.' I think it's such a well-done, well-acted TV show.
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We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living.
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And I like to convey my feelings, my emotions, my experience, the information I have to public use, public opinion.
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I don't take a scene or word for granted.
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Acting isn't the be-all end-all. There are a lot of other things in my life that will bring me joy if I didn't act anymore.
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My stated goal as a filmmaker is to feel something. Is to have a palpable emotion in my life, carry it through the gauntlet of the filmmaking process and try and have it land for an audience at some point during the viewing experience. That to me is successful filmmaking.
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In the eyes of my dog, I'm a man.
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Follow your passion. It will lead you to your purpose.
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Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.
