Regina King Quotes
I create my own backstory regardless of if I'm told something about the background or not. There's always more that you can develop in your head that makes a character more layered, more honest.
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I want to continue to be me and share with people.
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I like to see myself as a bridge builder, that is me building bridges between people, between races, between cultures, between politics, trying to find common ground.
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I know what it's like not to have food in the fridge or money to buy more.
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It's something that I do every year - every Ramadan to be exact - taking an 18-hour flight back home to Malaysia from Los Angeles. I'm born and raised in Malaysia, and Ramadan and Eid has always been my favorite time of the year.
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In the beginning, when I was doing my shows, I was incorporating a lot of Spanish, just trying to be a Latino comic instead of just a comic. Now I try to make the show as broad as possible... I don't want to alienate people. I want to make it so everybody can follow along and everybody can relate.
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American policies toward Asians reached a nadir in 1924, with the implementation of a law that sought 'to preserve the idea of American homogeneity' and denied admission to the country to most non-whites. Immigration from Asia was banned completely, with the establishment of an 'Asiatic Barred Zone.'
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Can there not be a limit to the fact that really you need to cut your cloth in accordance with what capabilities and finances you have?
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Use the occasion, for it passes swiftly.
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An expectation is a future object, recognised as belonging to me.
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I'm just considering myself extremely lucky. All I wanted is to have 'Paranormal Activity' be released and become successful. And everything that's happened since then is just an enormous bonus.
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'Broad City' is how I wish we could all be, whereas 'Girls' is maybe a more accurate representation of how things are.
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The happiest days of my youth were when my brother and I would run through the woods and feel quite safe.
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I am a big Seth Rollins fan and have been for a long period of time.
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We have deep depth.
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I got five kids, and my oldest is a documentary film maker and camera man, and still photographer.
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In the mind of Bill Clinton, political considerations outweigh even life-and-death matters of great concern to his own law-enforcement officials, not to mention the nation.
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In real life, every person is the leading man or woman. We don't think of ourselves as supporting or character actors.
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When my family fell apart, it was such a troubled part of my life... I think I could understand what I was going through, but I didn't have the vocabulary for it.
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It's always great to play a character that goes against the grain. Finn defies what people think when they think of stormtroopers.
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Paris with its multitude of art directions calls continuously to the deepest penetration and recognition of your inner essence. Only in this way it is possible to create work that refers the time span.
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As scientific research demonstrates, llama wool's very coarseness and its range of fibers from fine to thick mean that it can be woven into clothing that's superior to down, fleece, sheep wool, and alpaca wool in criteria ranging from warmth to water resistance to usable life.
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The right to bear arms is because it's the last form of defense against tyranny.
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I create my own backstory regardless of if I'm told something about the background or not. There's always more that you can develop in your head that makes a character more layered, more honest.
