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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I think you work on the roles that draw you in and the stories you want to tell.
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When you look at the number of nuclear power plants in China and India, we can't afford not to pursue similar alternative energy sources. If we do not, it would do immense harm to the manufacturing industry in the Midwest.
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Agressive music can only shock you once. Afterwards its impact declines. It's inevitable.
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I was exposed to many kinds of music including rock and disco, classical and folk, Midtown and Miles Davis, Sly Stone and David Bowie.
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Music is too important to be left to professionals.
