Todd Solondz Quotes
When part of what you're trying to get at is the truth hidden under a taboo, or when you want to nail a hypocrisy, laughter is a very useful tool. I want to show the painful side of existence, but there is no question I also want to make people laugh.
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All I can start with is what moves me and feels like a great challenge as an actor and I think is saying something unusual or irreverent or human - honest in some way.
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I try and spend a lot of time with my kids. I try and have fun with my kids. I try to put father time in there.
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I'm very proud to be a woman - you're part of a tribe. Automatically, you feel connected to another woman when you meet them. That's really special.
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It's a cliche, but there really is no handbook about the celebrity thing; you have to figure it out as you go along.
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I do think that 'Pretty Little Liars' has raised the bar in how social media can tie into the fan base watching the show.
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I am not a prisoner of conscious, but people try to make me one sometimes. It is both a gift and a curse. It's a high honour but can create limitations - I have to be fluid.
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We're here for a little, little bit of time, and I just wanna make the most out of it.
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I do think one should have clean feet.
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You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.
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I gratefully look forward to oblivion, but I must be sure of it.
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Winston Cup and the Busch Series are two totally different leagues. You get put in different situations.
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I listen to music almost any time I'm not sleeping, 'hanging out' with specific people, or showering.
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It's pretty intense writing about my own life, my own struggles.
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I often feel like I have this spirit living inside of me, always dressing in like short mini skirts... but then I start to discover myself. So there are eight spirits, mischievous ones, sad ones, handsome ones, wise ones, and crazy ones.
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I always tell people a clean cooking area is a clean mind which is available for the creativity.
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When you begin to think about the past, you realize how much of it is lost to us.
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What I've always said is that I'm opposed to institutional racism, and I would've, had I've been alive at the time, I think, had the courage to march with Martin Luther King to overturn institutional racism, and I see no place in our society for institutional racism.
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Pretty much any time I got a chance to do something cool, I tried to grab for it, and that's where my solace comes from.
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They really wanted to find the chemistry.
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Obviously every one of them was special to that particular team, all the people that were involved with it.
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If the arm got sore, we went out and pitched until the soreness left - we had to, or we would have been dropped from the team. Nothing short of a broken leg could have kept us out of uniform.
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You don't want people thinking you're a cheat just because you're really fast and have broken the world record by a second.
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It is one thing being able to contest an election and to give the people hope that I can be the next prime minister. It is a totally different situation where the people of Pakistan are told that the results are already taken and the leader of your choice is banned.
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When part of what you're trying to get at is the truth hidden under a taboo, or when you want to nail a hypocrisy, laughter is a very useful tool. I want to show the painful side of existence, but there is no question I also want to make people laugh.
