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'd say it's even harder to cater to Hispanics than to the lesbian or gay community. We're so culturally separated: Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Mexicans, Venezuelans. We're all so different.
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I love walks, hiking, exploring and being on the beach.
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To feel our ills is one thing, but to cure them is another.
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Love prefers twilight to daylight.
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Sarcasm doesn't translate in print at all.
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A flower blossoms for its own joy.
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The thing is, comedy's gone in a weird direction. People are really into ironic comedy and fakeness and cleverness.
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Anything you want to know, you go to Quora and get it. And at the same time, give people a platform that is easy to use for sharing the knowledge.
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As far as my notoriety or whatever, I haven't been the star of a hit film.
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The more people involved in making a movie, the worse it is, generally.
