Will McDonough Quotes
The wonderful thing about television is the immediate impact of pictures of current events.
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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar.
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There's nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.
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I never was a very good singer.
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There's no biography so interesting as the one in which the biographer is present.
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For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as a means of applying social pressure on people.
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People are intrigued by fame, power and wealth and I think Hollywood is the only place where you get all three together.
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It was to do with information management. The intention was to dramatise it.
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My job as the actress playing Hanna Schmitz, as the actress playing any part, is to understand the character, and to ultimately love the character. And I did love Hanna, absolutely, because I understood her as profoundly as I did at the end of the day.
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I treasure my meetings with individuals affected by autism - parents, children, teachers and friends. Their strength is inspiring. They deserve all possible opportunities for education, employment and integration.
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It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.
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As much as possible, I try to encourage people to use stunt men because that is really their job.
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The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come to the knowledge of good and evil it is stronger, but we care less about it.
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The world may be full of fourth-rate writers but it's also full of fourth-rate readers.
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Wikileaks didn't help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
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As far as I'm concerned, 'whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.
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There's no one on this earth taken less seriously in a leadership context than a young woman - everything is against you.
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There is something inherent in our democracy that tends to want to level. America is a little uncomfortable in the presence of someone who is distinctly superior in whatever way.
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As a director on 'The Office,' there's a tremendous weight that comes with directing features. I was being asked to direct a show that had already won an Emmy for Best Comedy. Steve Carell and the cast had already won the Screen Actor's Guild Awards.
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That's my favorite kind of television, where it's not wrapped up in a pretty little bow. It's like life. You deal with one thing in your life, 500 others rear their head.
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People have been wonderful to me in the good times and the bad, and I've come to believe that you do indeed reap what you sow. For those who constantly gripe about life, I turn and walk away. For those who speak negatively about people behind their backs, I move on.
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Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.
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A gift of any kind is a considerable responsibility. It is a mystery in itself, something gratuitous and wholly undeserved, something whose real uses will probably always be hidden from us.
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The wonderful thing about television is the immediate impact of pictures of current events.
