Marina Ann Hantzis (Sasha Grey) Quotes
From a creative standpoint, I'm interested not only in the idea of helping couples and women, but challenging myself creatively, and doing each one better than the last thing I did. I think by doing that, by adding a visual element to these films, it really makes a huge difference.
Quotes to Explore
-
Most actors go, 'I read the script and fell in love with it'; I fall in love with the directors.
-
His advice to me is basically to just love what you do and don't let the fear of failure stop you.
-
I'm not a writer; I'm an actor. My job is to take whatever character I'm given and - especially because I have the responsibility of being a black actress, and I know young black girls are looking up, and everyone's looking to what's on television - to just try to give whatever character I'm playing as three-dimensional a portrayal as I can.
-
I did a lot of things as a Muslim that I am sorry for now.
-
There's an obligation to not lead people down the wrong path, but I hardly think me wearing short shorts on stage is creating monsters.
-
When I taught, the way in which we got evaluated is what I used to call the drive-by evaluation. Somebody would come in for 20 minutes with a checklist, and that would be your evaluation. So it was clearly a snapshot.
-
Having money has given me a certain freedom, but being in the public eye has taken away a lot.
-
A lot of times when you play... you get this adrenalin that blocks pain.
-
I've always said that I benefit, as an actor, from not having the illusion of security.
-
If you eat something and get fat, you should be responsible for it. I think that is the attitude of the great majority of Americans, that you should be responsible for what you eat.
-
In college, I was a huge fan of 'Les Miserables.' I seem to remember that people who were into French literature preferred Hugo's poetry.
-
I prefer doing interviews where people don't have to interpret what you say. I'm going to be real honest.
-
A dinosaur out of context is like a character without a story. Worse than that, the character suffers from amnesia.
-
I like cars. I know some things. I can change my own car and battery and change my own oil.
-
I don't think anyone really is interested in reading about my emotional state. It's not even interesting to me.
-
A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here.
-
When I record something, I'll take a drive and just listen.
-
What are we having this liberty for? We are having this liberty in order to reform our social system, which is full of inequality, discrimination and other things, which conflict with our fundamental rights.
-
I never played the 'decoration,' I always played the one who suffered. And then I got very lucky in my middle career, when I started playing the hero, which at that point was quite rare for women.
-
That excitement on the court, I'm the same way off the court. I like to have fun, meet people; I like to give high-fives to the kids courtside. Just have fun. That's kind of my personality, that's how I've been.
-
For a machine to run smoothly and predictably, its parts must be standard and hence replaceable, features which contribute, respectively, to modern depersonalization and anxiety.
-
My first concert was Pantera.
-
"Tunisia is always ready to turn the page."
-
From a creative standpoint, I'm interested not only in the idea of helping couples and women, but challenging myself creatively, and doing each one better than the last thing I did. I think by doing that, by adding a visual element to these films, it really makes a huge difference.
