Michelle Shocked Quotes
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When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women.
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The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
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I gravitate to the roles, not necessarily television or film. It's just the fact that, for me, the most interesting roles have been in television.
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I have a theory that if you're famous more years than you're not famous, then you get a little nutty.
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Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
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I am an old geezer: a grandpa kind of a guy. I was born October 19, 1931. I have gray hair, a beard, and a little pot belly. I have two children who are over 30 years old and a sweet little granddaughter who is 11 years old.
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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn't feel right to me – ever.
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I've always wanted to do my best to make sure it's clear that I want to keep the focus on my music.
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When you're rich you don't write checks.
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Never put a sock in a toaster.
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It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see.
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I'd like to do more TV; TV is completely different than working in movies in a lot of ways, it's like making a really compact movie. Because you don't have as much time, especially hour long shows, they move so quickly.
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Our choices are going to determine the future for our children, our children's children, and their children. I take that responsibility very seriously.
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Ray Bradbury has a vacation house in Palm Springs, California, in the desert at the base of the Santa Rosa mountains. It's a Rat Pack-era affair, with a chrome-and-turquoise kitchen and a small swimming pool in back.
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I know it's silly, but I still think I'm 28.
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It's part of the magic of 'Game of Thrones,' all the secrets.
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I don't care if people I admire criticize me because their opinion is valuable to me.
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When I step in the ring, I bring everything I have.
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As a Muslim woman, I’ve been liberated from a silent kind of bondage. I don’t answer to the slaves of God on earth. I answer to their King.
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My family's always been really funny. I feel like comedy's hard. I feel like it's so important.
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It's hard going out there and not doing what I can to help this team win.
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If you're a single man and you happen to be in this business, you're deemed a player. But I don't see myself as a ladies' man.
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I love data. I think it's very important to get it right, and I think it's good to question it.
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Music is too important to be left to professionals.
