Gail Porter Quotes
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Well, when you get into the business, what you have to realize is that signing autographs and getting 'bothered' is just part of the deal. It's not a bother to me at all. That's part of being an actor and that's something you have to realize before you ever get into this business.
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Whatever you want to do in the industry, do it on the smallest level at first. If you want to be a writer, write a screenplay in your house. If you want to be an actor, put on a one-man show. If you want to be a stand-up comedian, go to an open mic.
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These years after my liberation were years of reconstruction, and I think I made the right decisions... I mean, I lost everything: my life; my father died; I didn't know anything about my children.
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If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating!
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Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.
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The very important thing you should have is patience.
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The man does not beat your head because you got a Cadillac or because you got a Ford; he beats you because you're black!
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Working for a magazine, you have a boss; you are not free.
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You know, I haven't written as much as most other writers. Certainly maybe those who keep a more regular schedule accomplish more.
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My roots are in stand-up, and stand-up is very freeing. There's no script involved; you just fly.
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I'll give you my answer calmly and sensibly, my final answer. My final answer is finally no. The answer is no! Absolutely and finally no! Finally and positively no! No! No! No! N - O!
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If you're not going to wear a tiara when you win a Newbery Award, when are you going to wear one?
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Touring a segregated America - forever being stopped and harassed by white cops hurt you most 'cos you don't realise the damage. You hold it in. You feel empty, like someone reached in and pulled out your guts. You feel hurt and dirty, less than a person.
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There's so many great songs already written, it's kind of really wonderful you don't have to write your own.
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You can't reorder any society from outside. You can help from within.
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All the stuff that you visualized that was going to work so beautifully, you discover is trashed, so you jump to something else.
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There are really very few roles for women in films in which you can also make a living.
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Slowly but surely, I went through different phases of fame, and each rises you further into isolation and alienation.
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If you live on Nantucket, you can't avoid its history, and 'Moby Dick' is the way most of us get into Nantucket's history.
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Oftentimes, people start with something, whatever it is, and it's great, but over the years, it loses its focus or way and corners get cut. Some people are fine with that, but I'm not.
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When a man gets his money in bad ways, when he sees the better course and takes the worse, then the devil's in his heart, and that fixes him.
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You can not have comedy unless people are behaving badly. You can't have it.
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It may not always feel wonderful. but you're out there doing it. You're running while others are just walking. Or sitting around. I mean, come on - you're out there running, for goodness sake. You're to be taken seriously.
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When you have children, that's your main focus.
