Imelda Staunton Quotes
You could say I'm a character actress. Or maybe a character actress who does peculiar, interesting lead roles.
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My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school.
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I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it.
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I am a pop culture person. And car people have clearly contributed to pop culture, which is how I knew about purple French tail lights and 30-inch fins without exactly knowing what they were.
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For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.
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I'm interested in morality and mortality, and 'Deadpool' kind of has all of these themes.
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
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I'm the Chris Martin of hip-hop.
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I think back to the 1990s, when I joined the Army, and all those peacetime years that we had, thinking, 'Will we ever go into combat?'
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I eat tons of green veggies to keep my PH balance in check.
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I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.
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Most interviewers are looking for a headline. They're not skilled. They're looking for shock value.
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The soldier who gropes for glory must submit himself to discipline. Subordination gives strength and security to an army. He that will not submit to it when corrected and improved by the experience of ages does not deserve the proud appellation of a soldier.
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We're the first not-white family to ever live in the governor's mansion. My son-in-law is Puerto Rican. I have a beautiful little granddaughter who is half Korean and half Latina. I'm the only white guy in the house.
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The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love.
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The amygdala plays a crucial role in processing fear, and minus her two amygdalae, S.M. became unflappable. Studies of her are actually a hoot to read, since they basically consist of scientists concocting ever-more-elaborate ways of trying to scare her.
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Men and women are immigrants in each other's worlds.
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My views line up with Mick Mulvaney's views pretty much exactly.
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Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
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I believe marriages should be legally defined as between one man and one woman.
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The crucial task of old age is balance: keeping just well enough, just brave enough, just gay and interested and starkly honest enough to remain a sentient human being.
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I wasn't one of those kids who was chasing the dream and wanted to get to Hollywood because one day I was gonna get my chance and be a big star. I never felt like that.
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If you’ve achieved complete ass-out shamelessness, however, you can dispense with virtue quite easily. It’s really very liberating, and crucial to great wealth in a free market.
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You could say I'm a character actress. Or maybe a character actress who does peculiar, interesting lead roles.
