Manny Montana Quotes
You remember Donnie Brasco? It's the most notorious undercover movie ever; it's so street and so real. If you ever imagined yourself doing cop work, you imagined yourself getting pushed to that limit - seeing the furthest you can push yourself while still upholding the law.
Quotes to Explore
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life.
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I think that black people, to a degree, need to have a certain level of dexterity. If we want to be at the highest level of whatever our field is, we have to be able to navigate both worlds. We all just know that you gotta be able to put that suit on and have a conversation with people that don't look like you or your family.
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When you write, you don't have the social constraints of having people in front of you, so you talk about abstract matters.
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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I have fabulous children.
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For me as an actor, daring is to tell the truth - to be yourself, no matter how the world interacts with that.
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As long as people have been making little people, they've wanted to know how not to.
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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My children forgave me at a time when I could barely forgive myself.
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My kitchen looks like the one from my childhood - very homey, with a little bit of Alice in Wonderland!
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It has always been a dream of mine to put a play on film.
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If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.
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Why is it that a large majority of Hindus do not inter-dine and do not inter-marry? Why is it that your cause is not popular? There can be only one answer to this question, and it is that inter-dining and inter-marriage are repugnant to the beliefs and dogmas which the Hindus regard as sacred.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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In Europe and the United States, you've got different systems to select candidates, and no system is perfect.
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Weight used to be an issue. I was always fat as a child. And everyone used to tell me, 'You've got such a pretty face; why don't you lose some weight?' Over the years I've realised that my body is a certain type, and I have learned to accept it.
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I never wanted a big wedding. I never wanted to wear a white dress or throw a bouquet.
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There have been a lot of challenges over the years that I have overcome.
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I have been very blessed in my life and rewarded with good friends and good health. I am grateful and happy to be able to share this.
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I'm an independent, probably. I'm not dogmatic. I've supported Democrats and Republicans.
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I think every character I play definitely has parts of me. I can't ever play someone that's completely different to me.
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I'm used to promoting books, but a movie is a very different thing. You have to go to film festivals and wear fancy clothes and try and look glamorous and intelligent when you're just terrified and you want to go home!
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You remember Donnie Brasco? It's the most notorious undercover movie ever; it's so street and so real. If you ever imagined yourself doing cop work, you imagined yourself getting pushed to that limit - seeing the furthest you can push yourself while still upholding the law.
