Olivia Colman Quotes
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If the 'Post' can play the role of a connector between the West and the East, I have confidence in the paper's future success.
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Hopefully, film inspires you to think about human nature. It make us consider how we treat strangers and our most intimate.
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You can take the boy out of Bombay; you can't take Bombay out of the boy, you know.
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I am a control freak. I will admit that freely.
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I'm all over the place, and I consider myself a bit of a scrounger: 'What will I do next, so I'm not broke?'
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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When you don't know how to cook, you just say, 'I need something quick,' and then you fry something up. Now that I cook, I think, 'Do I want to have fried fish, baked fish, or grilled fish?'
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There are times as an actor when you don't work for two months, sometimes three or sometimes six, and the only thing that's going to keep you sane is if you give back and live your life. I've definitely gone through that. It's like, 'Okay, I'm out of work for two months.' That's two months I can paint.
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Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.
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There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. When you're not doing what you're used to, you could completely fall on your face. You could completely blow it.
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It is a political thriller. It's very action packed and it's very exciting, but at the same time it's a very big soulful love story about longing and loss. They're not separate, they're completely dependent on one another.
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Writers are so important.
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There's nothing wrong with being fired.
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People who want to be a star get their teeth capped. People who want to be an actor get to work.
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A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.
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I didn't want to do a zoo show. I didn't want to do a study of someone with mental illness. I just wanted to show someone who was trying to live their life.
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I've been lucky to learn by playing all kinds of roles and watching all kinds of really good cinematographers, actors, and directors for many years before people were even aware of me in terms of audience.
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People need songs to belt out in the shower. Even if everyone else doesn't need that, I need that.
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I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.
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People who been told that the Reform Party consists of well-meaning simpletons mouthing naive solutions to complex problems should study Harper's speeches on behalf of Reform.
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When I was 17, I decided I was going to leave home.
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Nobody is strong 100 percent of the time or falling apart 100 percent of the time; sometimes you're doing both at once.
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I open the doors for everybody all the time.
