Olivia Colman Quotes
I don't think you can cry if the script is rubbish. I have to feel it; it's as simple as that. It's just like if you're watching something moving, and you feel yourself welling up. It's the same thing. You're just being carried along with the story. There's nothing magical about it. I think I'm in touch with my emotions, and I can't help it.
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I'm more like an animalistic rock chick.
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We are asleep with compasses in our hands.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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I'm like a mechanic. If you break down and phone the AA, they'll come to you whether it's raining or snowing. That's what an actor should do.
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I've got a condo in Miami, but I don't live in it.
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If I go into the place in myself that is love, and you go into the place in yourself that is love, we are together in love. Then you and I are truly in love, the state of being love. That's the entrance to Oneness. That's the space I entered when I met my guru.
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I always believed in my ability, but I think in any sport you need that little bit of luck.
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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What's weird is having your mother fly in on an aeroplane with your face on the side of it.
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If you taste something, you're not at the maximum of your ability. What I think about in competition is temperature and texture. It has nothing to do with taste or emotion.
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I think being called a cat lady is a compliment. It means you have adopted a tiny little maniac into your life.
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In the U.S., diversity is a politically correct slogan. In India, it is a historical fact. Much as we in the West may resent it, India has a lot to teach us when it comes to religious tolerance.
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I have no problem being mainstream. I grew up in the '90s when the mainstream was amazing.
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It's always good to be known. You want to build your brand up, want to build your name.
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Possessions. The very word is potent - suggestive as it is of ownership both material and erotic. To possess. Possession. Possessed.
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In film, you can't go into analytical explorations because the audience will reject that.
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Sometimes it takes dealing with a disability - the trauma, the relearning, the months of rehabilitation therapy - to uncover our true abilities and how we can put them to work for us in ways we may have never imagined.
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To get into Afghanistan, I bribed my way into a camel caravan of smugglers.
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My mother was a Jewish General Patton.
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Some things a lady doesn't tell.
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Peer pressure is just that: pressure.
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We underestimate our people. Given a challenge, most of our people will do it, especially the youngsters who take to technology like duck to water.
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For too long, opponents of the PATRIOT Act have transformed this law into a grossly distorted caricature that bears no relation to the legislation itself.
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I don't think you can cry if the script is rubbish. I have to feel it; it's as simple as that. It's just like if you're watching something moving, and you feel yourself welling up. It's the same thing. You're just being carried along with the story. There's nothing magical about it. I think I'm in touch with my emotions, and I can't help it.
