Barrett Brown Quotes
The main point seems to be that I'm arrogant and narcissistic, which should be news to exactly four people.
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I'm very much a hypochondriac, worried about dying, and not having enough time to work with the people I want to work with and being fulfilled as an actor.
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I was in graduate school. I had a birth control accident and went to get the morning after pill.
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The muses visit when I'm lonely.
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Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery.
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Let's say I was a plumber, or I worked at a factory, I would download music, you feel what I'm saying?
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With a film, you just don't have time to build sympathy for the character. But I think we're moving away from that in TV. With TV, you have a little more leeway to allow them to rise and fall and rise again and be much more complicated beings.
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So I felt, well, I'll make the money and, with the money, do what I want to do.
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Growing up, there were TV shows that were very funny but very traditional. Classic things like 'Fawlty Towers,' obviously, and 'Blackadder' were pretty traditionally shot. And then there were the ones that start to break the mold or be really ambitious. The ones that spring particularly to mind would be 'The Young Ones.'
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Whether slavery shall go into Nebraska, or other new territories, is not a matter of exclusive concern to the people who may go there. The whole nation is interested that the best use shall be made of these territories. We want them for the homes of free white people.
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If I get married again, I want a guy there with a drum to do rimshots during the vows.
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Dating is kind of hard. Like dinner or something like that. Like a forced awkward situation is very strange. Especially for me, for some reason.
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When I give notes on a script, I say, 'Guys, I may drift, but it's part of the process.' So I'm aware that I'm drifting, but I'm grabbing a lot of stuff.
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For me, it's not necessarily interesting to play a strong, fearless woman. It's interesting to play a woman who is terrified and then overcomes that fear. It's about the journey. Courage is not the absence of fear, it's overcoming it.
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I used to love Kapil Dev and, like any schoolboy, wanted to become a cricketer till I started dreaming of making movies.
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I was a real daydreamer at school, gazing out of the window and losing myself in imaginary worlds.
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Love comes in far more shapes and sizes than what the family-values crowd condones, of course.
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Love is just chemistry.
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I've always been acutely aware of differences and the way you are supposed to act if you want to be popular.
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Manipulating people is what's so fun about poker. I love that you can just look into someone's eyes and lie - and it's perfectly acceptable.
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Often, when people don't do so well in a monologue at UCB, it's because they're racking their brain so hard to be funny that they're just not honest and don't just tell a true story, which is what we want.
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Working with Christopher McQuarrie and working with Tom Cruise; two people who are just so good at what they do, it just makes you better.
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Homeschooling has given us some wonderful flexibility and some great life experiences, especially with our son.
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You control the terms of the conflict. Make them play your game. Don’t try to play theirs.
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The main point seems to be that I'm arrogant and narcissistic, which should be news to exactly four people.
