Fiona Shaw Quotes
I enjoy making films, but my heart is in the stage. Every night you have to be on. There's no second take.
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The economics of being a playwright are abysmal. I like to think of the work I do out in Hollywood as a way to actually make a life in the theater easier.
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He who fears to weep, should learn to be kind to those who weep.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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Because there are so many shows on and because I've been so hands-on - I've had a piece on almost every single week - I don't know how to cut back on that. You really can't.
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For 'Regulate,' I was at home, and I came up with it. I was listening to Michael McDonald's 'I Keep Forgettin'.' It was a record that I always loved, from being a kid and my parents playing it when they had their company of friends over. It was a record that just stuck in my head, and it just felt good.
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If we're doing a class project, then I'm going to be the one talking and taking the lead. I might not necessarily put all of the work in the project, but I want to help and do as much as I can and get everyone going in the right direction.
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We all need ways to express ourselves, and poetry is one of mine.
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I'm actually quite a nice person. It's to do with the way I look, an uncompromising sort of face, brusque delivery and voice, and I think the combination of all that. When I'm doing pantomime, children will scream the place down before I open my mouth. There's obviously something that really gets them.
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When you walk out onstage in front of 65,000 people, it can bring you to tears.
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For people who think of chicken as the meat choice of those-who-don't-really-like-meat, brining a bird will be a revelation.
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I've tried coconut water straight up before, and to me, it's a little funky.
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The Gospel itself is angular. It always has been. It always conflicts. It always challenges every generation. It challenges different generations in different ways.
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A mass of dust, world's momentary slave, Is man, in state of our old Adam made, Soon born to die, soon flourishing to fade.
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If there's one message I want people to take away is never compromise being your authentic self. Even if that means making others uncomfortable.
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I do think people are definitely sick of the Kardashians.
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We try to guide with a light touch. Sometimes we can be helpful, and my goal with my team, both on the series side and on the film side, is that the collaboration should always be invited. In other words, we're not looking to impose our view on the filmmaker; we hire a storyteller because we love the story, and we love their ability to tell it.
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Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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Our pluralist society must provide its citizens with the tools to understand religions, their symbols and their practices.
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I remember wanting to do something about that enormous-faced wristwatch she was wearing - perhaps suggest that she try wearing it around her waist.
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It's really hard to scare people on network television. You've got to be smart about it. You've got to parcel out the scares.
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If you take a candy bar in the short run, it gives you a burst of energy, but after a while, it just makes you fat.
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The thing that influenced me most in relation to 'Nanny McPhee' were the Westerns I watched with my father. All the Spaghetti Westerns; all the Virginians; all the High Chaparrals. Because if you think about the form, it's a stranger from out of town.
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If you do too much it's going to lose its effectiveness.
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I enjoy making films, but my heart is in the stage. Every night you have to be on. There's no second take.
