Zoe Perry Quotes
Being an actor, I never think I'm going to get the part. It's always a thrill when things go the way you hope they will.
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Love is important. I didn't have the energy to be giving it to somebody else in a way that they deserved, and I knew that. So I've always been scared to go too far with somebody I care for because I knew there would come a day when I'd need to pick up and finish a painting for the next three months. That day is inevitable.
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There's a set of rules out there somewhere that says it all ends by 40. I hope to be able to defy that because I truly love my work.
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The only way to do is just to go for it, otherwise it ends up looking phoney.
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Putting on my legs is like putting on my shoes. I understand that's how some people might think differently, but I hope that in London, their perceptions open up.
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I would not run for president. I really like what I'm doing now. People say I'm giving them energy and hope.
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I can write all the way through the morning, when my mind is clear, and there are no distractions.
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No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her won way is without enemies.
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I came to Hollywood determined to follow in Jean Harlow's footsteps, but I was determined not to die young. My hope was to endure. And endure I have.
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If Chevy Chase had not been an actor, he might have been a very popular guy in advertising, or whatever field he would have gone into, because of his charisma.
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Musical types tend to combine the burden of the author with the burden of the actor.
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You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny, and hope that whatever your art is that you're putting out there, if it's received, great, I respect you for receiving it. If it's not received, great, I respect you for not.
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In the history of photography, we have many masterpieces in terms of black and white books. You have Bresson's 'Decisive Moment,' Frank's 'The Americans'... many masterpieces. But there is nothing to this caliber in color. Well, I think I'll waltz with my muse and hope that I might be able to produce something on this order in color.
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I kind of knew it wasn't going to be until my 30s that I really hit my stride as an actor.
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I worked my way up in the private sector and implemented Georgia's tough voter ID law.
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They call David O. Russell the actor whisperer because he can get stuff out of actors that maybe some other directors can't.
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Directing is more comfortable for me because, as an actor, there's always something inherently false. Because I'm not that person.
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My sincere hope is that 'The Da Vinci Code,' in addition to entertaining people, will serve as an open door to begin their own explorations.
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I never wanted to take the easy way, and I was always willing to hustle.
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To make films is as boring as watching paint dry - you usually have to do little tiny bits here and there. You go off waiting for lighting, you come back - the energy dies. You hope you can find someone who can keep it going.
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I never wanted to be the guy people looked at. I felt I could only be myself when I was alone, that I turned into some kind of novelty. The only way I could get through that time was to drink. I poisoned myself with alcohol for years but I've never been into drugs in the way it was sometimes made out.
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I know everything about Michael Jordan.
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I still love making hamburgers on the grill. I guess whenever I eat them childhood memories come up for me.
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Going from a child actor to an adult actor is not an easy thing, and I was sort of lost in a no man's land for a while, trying to figure out who I was as a person, and going from a young actor to an adult actor.
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Being an actor, I never think I'm going to get the part. It's always a thrill when things go the way you hope they will.
