Charissa Thompson (Charissa Jean Thompson) Quotes
I have the best of both worlds. I can talk about Taylor Swift during the day, and at night I can sit in front of the TV and watch Thursday night football. At some point, if the two converge and it becomes one job where I can still talk about both, that would be amazing.
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I like writing idealistically, romantically and swashbucklingly.
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Our emerging workforce is not interested in command-and-control leadership. They don't want to do things because I said so; they want to do things because they want to do them.
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I realized in the early days I just didn't edit at all. But I think you become a little more cagey with your lyrics when you know more people are going to hear them and make assumptions about you as a person. Realizing that, you want to be a little more opaque.
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Whenever I write, I'm always thinking of the reader.
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If you're a casting director, you're going to be curious to see what Timothy Spall's son is like. But when you get in the door, you have to have something to offer.
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I started as an actor, then became a theater director. I loved acting but didn't feel as confident as I needed to be, so I started directing theater; then I played in some movies, and then I felt the need to do my own stuff.
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I think being recognized more is something you have to get used to, whether it's here or in California or when I'm traveling. It's more a part of my life. People recognize me from my play or a commercial I've done. It's just a normal part of life now.
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I don't mean to be funny.
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Within that awful volume liesThe mystery, of mysteries!
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There is no such thing as success in a bad business.
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Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.
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Grab a chance and you won't be sorry for a might-have-been.
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I am grim of mind and wrathful of spirit and I have no desire to be nice to anyone.
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We have to support our own films. If we don't, how can we expect others to support them?
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The first time I ever acted was in 'The Glass Menagerie' in high school, and my first line was, 'I didn't know Shakespeare had a sister.'
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Working on a movie like 'Prince of Persia' was awesome. It was great fun to be an action hero and to jump around, running off walls and fighting and having great quippy lines.
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At 21, there's lots more room there, plenty of things to improve on as you get older.
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I carry earplugs and use them even when it's quiet.
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High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead.
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Don't make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money. Though it's crucial to make a living, that shouldn't be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.
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When you work with somebody for a long period of time, you develop a shorthand with everything.
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You need three or five hands to play Ligeti.
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I get homesick a lot. That can make me so emotional that I sometimes feel like crying- but never in front of anyone. No way!
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I have the best of both worlds. I can talk about Taylor Swift during the day, and at night I can sit in front of the TV and watch Thursday night football. At some point, if the two converge and it becomes one job where I can still talk about both, that would be amazing.
