Catherine Keener (Catherine Ann Keener) Quotes
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I realized pretty soon that I have to do more than just play bass in the background way. So, I developed a kind of playing which only a handful of musicians accepted.
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When I'm in my 50s, I kind of think I'll want to be in a garden.
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The ghastly thing about being a producer is that, once the curtain goes up, there is nothing you can do. At least when you are in it, you have some measure of control. If something goes wrong, you can maybe put it right. When you are in the audience, there is nothing you can do.
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Can you think of anything more permanently elating than to know that you are on the right road at last?
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In poor countries, the rich and powerful crush the poor and powerless.
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Going to hospital is rather like going to an alien planet.
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I intentionally shoot violence to make the audience feel real pain. I have never and I will never shoot violence as if it's some kind of action video game.
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Whenever I read a script, I start recasting the role that I might play. I'm like, 'God, this should be played by Domhnall Gleeson, not me.'
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I'm letting inspiration move me, in whatever direction it may, without concern if this sounds too rap or too indie, or there's too many words in it.
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For me, with music, there is no half-stepping. This is my calling.
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Your belief system saturates the space around you.
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Dance connects us to the musicality of life and to one another. No one should be denied such basic pleasures.
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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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I feel like I'm married to what I do, to the streets. And I feel like when the streets are mad, it's serious.
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I love walks, hiking, exploring and being on the beach.
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Love prefers twilight to daylight.
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Many people in the West do not realise how oppressive some Muslim states are - both for men and for women. This is a cultural issue, not an Islamic one.
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Scotland is the Canada of England!
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When I passed the age of 50, I learned how to control my emotions.
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The Ruts were a great punk rock band from England whose songs were as excellent as their time together was short.
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In a novel, if you're any good, you don't just have good people or bad people. You have complicated people. You have real people.
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I wouldn't write anything autobiographical. If you've lived a life like Laurence of Arabia, it might be a consideration, but otherwise it's a little bit vain, it seems to me.
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After 30 years in Washington, it is clear that Mitch McConnell has lost touch with our state, its people, and our values.
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The more people involved in making a movie, the worse it is, generally.
