Illeana Douglas Quotes
It was an interesting way to come across in my first big role. To work with Robert DeNiro was very exciting.
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We must continue building in all corners of the Land of Israel, with determination and without being confused.
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Sometimes I'd like to play the bad guy and sometimes I'd like to die in a movie.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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When I was a kid, all I ever wanted was to be famous.
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In the CIA, they recruit you to be an officer, an ops officer, in part due to how well you cope with stress and how well you adapt to new situations.
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A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.
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I like to go to my simple cottage by the ocean or, really, any beach!
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Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.
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Now that I work as a professional model, I advise people to stay away from any television shows. It's a waste of your time; it's just entertainment. It's not the fashion that we now know.
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I don't believe we have defined health care reform very well in this country.
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Beauty is the promise of happiness.
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I don't do nostalgia. It just doesn't occur to me. I'm living in the moment, and I don't have that gene.
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I always have bananas with me for energy.
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I've really written my books for my husband and our family. They've brought us closer together by allowing us to discuss things that were unspoken for so long.
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I work with gold that holds our past and diamonds that see the future and rubies that long for love. It's just a way of telling a story.
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When the curtain falls, the best thing an actor can do is to go away.
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The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.
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The most important thing to realise is that everyone is capable of telling a story. It doesn't matter where we were born or how we grew up.
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People have given me the freedom and believe in me enough to say if I want to do these things that I will find a way to make it work. I don't know if they think I'm crazy, drug damaged or just an old weirdo.
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Every fool knoweth that hatreds are the cinders of affection.
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What to do now? How to detach yourself?With every work that’s born you die a little.
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I didn't even have a portfolio, but I went to Tom Ford the next morning. He said, "I'd love you to come in with me. Get a lawyer." It was quite exciting, obviously, because it was a complete departure. But mind you, what he was looking for was the exact opposite of what I thought. My first collection for him was Cher-inspired. It was flower trousers, California, hippie cool, all the stuff I did at Oscar. It was making me sick. I wanted to see the other side of the spectrum. Tom was always very secure about the way he did things, so it was quite interesting for me.
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It was an interesting way to come across in my first big role. To work with Robert DeNiro was very exciting.
