Carrie Coon (Carrie Alexandra Coon) Quotes
It's often women who are writing leading roles for women. Most of the stuff that comes my way is not actually about women. I'm just asked to be a supporting player in a story about a man, and I, frankly, was not interested in doing that.
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Despite the obvious benefits, many Americans do not like Texas. Some even say they despise Texas, and make no secret of their feelings.
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I was certainly a better actor after my five years in Hollywood. I had learned to be natural - never to exaggerate. I found I could act on the stage in just the same way as I had acted in a studio: using my ordinary voice, eliminating gestures, keeping everything extremely simple.
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I want to be a real artist to consumers. I want to be the real thing for them.
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I think pregnancy, like life, is what you make it. I received a good hand. I'm thankful and blessed and so peaceful and can't wait to welcome my son.
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Approaching people for work has not worked for me. People who came to me with work has worked.
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Those boos really motivate me to make something happen.
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Before mobile phones, I used to call my parents from a phone box and reverse the charges.
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The music field was the first to break down racial barriers, because in order to play together, you have to love the people you are playing with, and if you have any racial inhibitions, you wouldn't be able to do that.
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Playing this game, you cannot have nothing holding you back. If you're thinking, you're wrong automatically.
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Let's just say I decided that while my son is young I don't want to do projects that would take me away for months.
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I don't try to be sexy, but I do want to look as good as I can.
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I'm the biggest music lover in the world. I mean, I have seen everybody. I went on tour with Michael Jackson and the Jacksons four or five times.
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If we go to the 1940s, Nazi Germany - look, we saw it in Britain. Neville Chamberlain told the British people: Accept the Nazis. Yes, they will dominate the continent of Europe, but that is not our problem. Let's appease them. Why? Because it can't be done. We cannot possibly stand against them.
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The name Jack was given by an American tourist.
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Our songs all carry the same way.
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But working with Dre, I grew up with his music, so I'm still like more a fan.
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Our society is not perfect and this will come as no surprise to many of you.
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When debts are not paid because they cannot be paid, the best thing to do is not talk about them, and shuffle the cards again.
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Being a fiction writer is really like being an actor, because if you're going to write convincingly it has to sound right and play right. The only way that works is to emotionally and technically act out and see the scene you're in. There's no better job in the world, because when I sit down at that computer I'm the world's best forensics expert, if that's what I'm writing about that day. Or I'm some crazed psycho running down a dark alley. Or I'm a gorgeous woman looking to find a man that night. Whatever! But I'm all of those things, every day. How can you beat that?
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I can't laugh, be happy, present myself at any prize and also win on the centre court.
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The worker is not the problem. The problem is at the top! Management!
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Always remember, me dear, whether you're listening to a tale or telling one: Every penny piece that's struck has two sides to it.
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The memory is like orbiting twin stars, one visible, one dark, the trajectory of what's evident forever affected by the gravity of what's concealed.
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It's often women who are writing leading roles for women. Most of the stuff that comes my way is not actually about women. I'm just asked to be a supporting player in a story about a man, and I, frankly, was not interested in doing that.
