Rebecca Hall Quotes
I'm not consciously avoiding doing a lot of period drama, but I don't really seek it out either.
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Fishing provides that connection with the whole living world. It gives you the opportunity of being totally immersed, turning back into yourself in a good way. A form of meditation, some form of communion with levels of yourself that are deeper than the ordinary self.
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Unless you have a long-running series, most actors just go job to job if you're lucky to keep working. You just do a movie or a play or a TV thing, and it's over at some point.
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I'm not a sun person.
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Sure I think it is healthy to speak the truth, and be who you are, and be proud of that.
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Just as soaps were very pivotal in the transition from radio to television, they will be right in the thick of things again in the transition from television to the Internet. Exciting news.
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I rush to add that I find the Web infinitely useful for rustling up information, settling arguments or locating the legends of rock stars.
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South Africa is highly politicised; even small issues become politicised, and it becomes quite bitter.
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If there's no fire, there's no scream. If there's no scream, then no one hears you and no one comes to help you in the first place. The depth of my struggle has definitely determined the height of my success. To be able to teach my kids not just about success but about the struggle that comes with it.
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Back in 1975, we were making all the decisions about what people were going to watch.
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It's not really that I'm interested in filmmaking. I'm interested in the instrument of it, you know.
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I think the way to maximize not just your leadership but your ability to influence your team is whatever you can do that helps the team perform at a really high level.
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You lose your home, you lose your community, you lose your school, you lose your stuff.
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From the time that I was in high school, my life really revolved around live theater, so it almost feels genetic.
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The American audience has really opened up to women being A.) funny and B.) kinda crude. 'Bridesmaids' is R-rated, and I think it was a major coup for women to have an R-rated comedy that did really well. Same as 'Bad Teacher.'
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Designing a product and understanding how it filters through into the market and into the rest of the company is very important to me.
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If you are not breaking rules and you are not taking risks, you are not going to end up with movies where there is discovery... and, to me, that is the magic of going into the cinema.
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I owe a lot to my parents.
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A homeless guy came up to me on the street, said he hadn't eaten in four days. I told him, "Man, I wish I had your willpower.
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It's interesting to explore the darker side, but the hero piece is interesting as well. It's like choosing between comedy or drama. I like to do both.
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Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European Ambition, Rivalship, Interest, Humour or Caprice?
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I agree, intellectualism in photography is overrated. I just wish it could be replaced by common sense.
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I'm not consciously avoiding doing a lot of period drama, but I don't really seek it out either.
