Mona Sutphen Quotes

I was always complaining that there weren't enough good people going into public service, so I figured I had to get behind someone I found so compelling.

Mona Sutphen

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• I grew up thinking there was something called 'independent film,' which I wouldn't necessarily have had access to if there wasn't Sundance.

  

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• I firmly believe that the mission of religion in the 21st century must be to contribute concretely to the peaceful coexistence of humankind.

  

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• Thinking about your role will automatically get you in the frame of mind to get your strategy and game plan right before you step onto that field.

  

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• Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.

  

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• One of the few times I saw my mother cry was when Lennon died, and the other time was when Elvis died.

  

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• What I think I'm perceived as in France is, like, I'm this leading man always doing strange movies because most of the movies I did, like 'Irreversible' or 'Brotherhood of the Wolf' and a bunch of others, and even in France, they always come out as a particular movie, not like the typical French kind of movies that people know most of the time.

  

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• I often have an argument with people. I say name me a classic song that's not sad in some kind of way. And even if you can, you'll have to search pretty far.

  

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• All of my friends, I consider childhood friends because we met when I was probably 13, and I'm still friends with them today. It's really nice that I have that core group.

  

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• No man or woman can be strong, gentle, pure, and good, without the world being better for it and without someone being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.

  

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• I was always complaining that there weren't enough good people going into public service, so I figured I had to get behind someone I found so compelling.

  

  Mona Sutphen
  • People
  • Found
  • Complaining