Richard Simmons Quotes
All of a sudden, I'm thinking that if I keep eating the way I'm eating, I'm not going to live long and I'm going to die. Having those thoughts as a young person can be very haunting.
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I tend to deal with characters who are sort of at that same point of wrestling with, 'Who am I going to be as an adult? What do I believe? How am I defining myself in the context of my culture and my peer groups, my family?'
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I'm very wary of news on television.
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My favorite animal is steak.
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Part of what's so tricky in a film that's two hours long is how many themes can you effectively explore.
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I think when you've got a passion for something, it comes out of you, and people can feel it. Then your mind is so geared towards that and how you can improve on it, and you're so excited about performing that it comes together.
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I was doing everything I could think of to protect my husband and keep him alive.
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The whole year I was in LA I got into telemarketing and learned how to make money. Five years later that skill helped me make my first film.
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Exhibitions are kind of ephemeral moments, sometimes magic moments, and when they're gone, they're gone.
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My friends all say I'm going to be Secretary of State. But I don't see how that would be much different from the job I have now.
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We recognize that the whole world is kind of moving in this direction to digital distribution, but at the same time, there are still people who only watch movies in a movie theater, and there are some people who only watch certain programs on television or certain things on Netflix.
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I've definitely had crazy acting teachers.
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I think I could drink my own blood. Is that weird?
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I feel like art has been at the center of change since the beginning of time.
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There's every financial incentive in the world to stay in the conservative movement forever.
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Now, what is it which makes a scene interesting? If you see a man coming through a doorway, it means nothing. If you see him coming through a window - that is at once interesting.
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My parents are from Ghana. Until I was 17, I thought you had to go to college. I had no idea. I didn't know it was not an option.
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I want to express myself to feel that what I feel is real. My joy, my pain, my anger.
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I always knew I wanted to be in front of the camera. But even after 10 years behind the scenes at CBS News producing live segments, celebrity profiles, and breaking news, I still hadn't been given the chance to be on TV.
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I was always taught that book keeping was more relevant than book reading. The only thing worth reading was meant to be a balance sheet.
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When I approach a story or movie, the story is the most important thing.
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I love to run, but training can be hard, especially with a family and a crazy travel schedule. I often do sprints with my kids, where they bike and I run along side them so we can 'race' each other for a quarter-mile or shorter repeats.
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I think sometimes the fashion world isn't even about clothes anymore; it's about this 'in' crowd, and I'm not into that.
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There was a play that was written by who I think is America's greatest playwright, and he wrote a small part in it for me. It was going to open in Chicago, and then go to New York. But then, he died. It was Arthur Miller. That was the reason I turned Lost down.
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All of a sudden, I'm thinking that if I keep eating the way I'm eating, I'm not going to live long and I'm going to die. Having those thoughts as a young person can be very haunting.
