Carrie Preston Quotes
Remain true to yourself while practicing this business of being an actor. And it is a business.
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I have come to the conclusion - and I don't know why it took me so long, but nevertheless, I'm here now - that a lot of people tell me they don't get enough guitar on my albums. So I decided to do an album where the guitar would be the singer, playing the melody.
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I tend to play characters that I can infuse with certain kinds of humour. Even the baddest guy can be funny in his own particular way. I want the audience to engage with the character on some deeper level so that they leave the cinema still thinking about him.
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Fitzgerald coined the phrase the 'Jazz Age,' and now we're living in the Hip-Hop Age.
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RFK was a compelling figure because he was willing to challenge his audiences, and in turn connect with them in a unique way. Kennedy showed that our values define us and can inspire others to believe in the possibility of change and a better society.
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I tolerate lactose like I tolerate people.
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I used to act in television commercials when I was a kid and a young adult.
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I think Barack Obama has brought a new level of ethical standards to Washington. Has he changed some basic hard-knuckle politics? No. You need hard-knuckle politics to succeed.
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I never thought for a second that anything I ever did was going to make someone cringe. That never occurred to me.
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It used to be that you needed a $500-million-a-year company in order to reach a worldwide audience of consumers. Now, all you need is a Steam account. That changes a whole bunch of stuff. It's kind of a boring 'gee, information processing changes a stuff' story, but it's going to have an impact on every single company.
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If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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Biologically the species is the accumulation of the experiments of all its successful individuals since the beginning.
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It's not easy, especially in our politically polarized world, to recognize both the structural and the cultural barriers that so many poor kids face. But I think that if you don't recognize both, you risk being heartless or condescending, and often both.
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Because of lies, we can produce and invent a possible world.
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Ireland and America, music-wise, are very closely related. The Irish came over with their fiddles in hand, and you can hear it in the bluegrass and rockabilly. I love it when music from different countries combine.
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I'm not the biggest Miley Cyrus fan. I'm not the risque type.
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Enjoy doing nothing, and you can enjoy doing anything. Enjoy having nothing, and you can enjoy whatever you have.
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Lunch is for wimps.
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You can't plan everything - if I did a performance exactly how I rehearsed it, it would be so boring.
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I always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States? And in how many countries does the United States not have military bases?
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The director Denis Villeneuve is actually an actor he's from Sons of Anarchy and he's a great character actor and he's also a screenwriter he wrote What Lies Beneath. It blows my mind to see when people from one sector move to another and excel. I think Sicario was one of the best directed and written films. It did get [a nomination for best] cinematography, though.
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When anyone recognizes you on the street, they are always very nice and genuine and excited to meet you.
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I've always had tremendous support from my parents. I think there's a myth that gay people have lousy relationships with their parents.
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Remain true to yourself while practicing this business of being an actor. And it is a business.
