Imelda Staunton Quotes
I am a character actress. Well, let's say, I am a leading character actress who does interesting, odd parts.
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There is one confrontation scene toward the end of the picture. In the middle of the scene, I thought, That's Sean Connery! I don't know how else to describe Sean Connery. I still feel that way.
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Under-representation of women and other inequality among researchers is a problem that will not solve itself as women acquire competence.
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It is easy to remove the mind from harping on the lost illusion of immortality. The disciplined intellect fears nothing and craves no sugar-plum at the day's end, but is content to accept life and serve society as best it may.
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I think whatever you have in your life, my opinion is that if you know that there's something wrong, you try to fix it.
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In today's society we sometimes forget to balance our hearts and our heads; this is the reason we stop laughing.
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I don't believe in the school of hard knocks, although I've had them. All that stuff about whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger is so not true. Do you know what makes you stronger? When people treat you and your art with dignity.
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My father really told me, seriously, if you want something, you can have it, but you may have to work harder than anyone else around you.
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I enjoyed working as a model a lot as it let me travel and I got to do some really interesting projects.
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If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
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I'm not going to just say nice things about everybody unless I mean it.
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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My parents and my brother instilled in me my sense of humor. That's kind of the way we communicate with each other, and it's always been a way for me to get to know people.
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You should only have so many accessories. You have to make sure you have the right ones at the right time.
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If somebody says they really like my playing I say thanks a lot.
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I'm one of those foolish people who believe the glory days of the record industry aren't behind us. They're actually ahead of us.
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I know I'm good enough. I don't need to show it to you. Either you know who I am, or you don't.
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I'm not super, super religious. If this is okay to say, I'm more culturally Jewish.
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I was with the Jessie Bonstelle Stock Company in Detroit and Buffalo for three seasons - 10 performances and a new play every week. She was an amazing woman who did a great deal for me.
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Being American and being an outsider at the same time, it's a perspective I often bring to a character.
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Only by working together can we preserve those institutions of family and community, rights and responsibilities, law and self-government that is the hallmark of this nation. For, it turns out, we do not persevere alone. Our character is not found in isolation. Hope does not arise by putting our fellow man down; it is found by lifting others up.
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I don't care if I never see Texas again.
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I mean, if you're proud of what you've done when you've served in the military, well then we call that bragging. And if you are unhappy about what happened, we call that complaining. And so what are you going to do?
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With clothes, I like mixing what different designers do until it becomes a personal expression of how I'm feeling that day.
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I am a character actress. Well, let's say, I am a leading character actress who does interesting, odd parts.
