Abbey Curran Quotes
I fell in love with the pageant world. People that don't compete in pageants, I think they have a negative feeling for them, but really, they are incredible.
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It's not until you develop your own voice, your own persona onstage that you become your own comic, who you really are.
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I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.
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You can't expect to make no effort. You still have to make the effort and be kind and understanding.
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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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As you get older, you get different, and I'm a mushier, softer person as I get older.
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Frankly speaking, it's only the script that matters to me the most. If I like the script, then I just commit to myself and go ahead with it. But I also look at the commitment and confidence of the director of the film because it's him who will shape the film.
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Most people think of cinematographers as choosing subjects of an epic nature to show off what they do - big, sweeping images of war or pageantry.
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My films are personal-voice-driven films about human characters and the place we live. Technically, I'm an independent filmmaker.
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I'm not in demand. I'm all washed up.
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People want to come to Pakistan but are not given visas. We wish for visas to be given to those people who want to come to Pakistan.
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This person they make me out to be irritates the hell out of me as well.
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One thing that is not to be underestimated is American culture's influence on the rest of the world.
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Call me crazy - I love elk meat!
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If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable. You must reach the emotional and intellectual level of ability where you can go out stark naked, emotionally, in front of an audience.
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I just can't see myself as a trophy wife. I can't imagine not having my own life.
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I originally wanted to be an astronaut when I was a kid. Then I had this huge fear of black holes because my brother learned a bunch of stuff about it, and he's like, 'Oh, yeah, if you go into one you're never coming back.'
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People don't want to talk about death, just like they don't want to talk about computer security. Maybe I should have named my workstation Fear. People are so motivated by fear.
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We all have our painful pasts we have to get through.
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I have often felt bad that I am not great at any one thing. Like just a super super singer. Or the Gregory Hines of something.
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A James Cagney love scene is one where he lets the other guy live.
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In our system leadership is by consent, not command. To lead a President must persuade. Personal contacts and experiences help shape his thinking. They can be critical to his persuasiveness and thus to his leadership.
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My sense is that the wonderful technology that we have to visualize the inside of the body often leaves physicians feeling that the exam is a waste of time and so they may shortchange the ritual.
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I fell in love with the pageant world. People that don't compete in pageants, I think they have a negative feeling for them, but really, they are incredible.
