Michelle Forbes Quotes
I had so many offers after 'True Blood' for things that were someone in the same vein, but nowhere near Alan Ball's vision. Or something that was over-the-top and fantastical. And I've always wanted to play the regular, working-class mom, and I've never really had the chance to do that.
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We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.
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I always need a couple of highlights to really spark the passion for a project.
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I'm not a cheater, but if I win Olympic gold and people are looking at me and saying I am a cheat because I've won, it's hugely disrespectful given the hard work I've put in.
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The voters of Colorado deserve honest, straight-talking elected officials.
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Fiorello LaGuardia saved City Center. The real man saved it, and he made this building into a performing arts venue.
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If you're doing business, not that simple to only buy. You have to create something. You have to create something that never exist for the future.
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It's really bizarre because no one knows this, but elephants have killed more animal trainers than any other animal.
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It is an endless procession of surprises. The expected rarely occurs and never in the expected manner.
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My goal is to make people feel passionately, if it's negative or positive, I did my job.
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I love fast food, but you have to try to eat healthy.
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Only amazing designers think of the truly new.
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It's true: a lot of sportspeople really struggle to find something to do when they finish. It tips them into all sorts of strange things. With ex-footballers, it's really scary. I think 70% of them get divorced within five years. It's hard. You go from being really famous to not that famous. Your salary drops through the floor.
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I really love having conversations and deconstructing things. I don't mind not having a laugh every second. Sometimes things deserve a little more discussion, and then you can have some fun after that.
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My mum brought me up to think that personal happiness is more important than your family.
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Hypocrisy is a detriment to progress. There's always a hidden agenda.
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I think all actors have a similar deal. You want some people who understand. Although it looks great - and is great - there are also shoddy moments when you feel really rotten, and when it's going well, you're not allowed to complain.
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I was never afraid of anything in the world except the dentist.
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There are a lot of things that people go through, and maybe they don't know how to get through it, and maybe you do, and if you have some sort of knowledge or power, share with the world.
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Preach or proselytize for Christianity in much of the Islamic world, and you are a candidate for martyrdom. Practice freedom of speech in Xi Jinping's China, and you can wind up in a cell.
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There is an idea, first of all, of vision fully formed with the eyes closed. Of course the vision we have in a lucid dream often has greater lucidity and clarity than vision with the eyes open.
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The real shame about the ending of the Guns N' Roses when I got kicked out wasn't just that I got kicked out, but Slash and Axl stopped working together.
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Eventually, before I die, I hope to have written about every part I've played.
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If you go in Spain, you have to play with another style. The English culture is the English culture. If you come here, you have to play in this style.
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I had so many offers after 'True Blood' for things that were someone in the same vein, but nowhere near Alan Ball's vision. Or something that was over-the-top and fantastical. And I've always wanted to play the regular, working-class mom, and I've never really had the chance to do that.
