Caroline Polachek Quotes
Don't say yes to everything. Learn how to say no, because people respect a no.

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Where having been an actor was extremely helpful to me was in casting. That's where I think a director who has acted can really shine, and casting is the most important thing you do.
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I don't jog, if I die I want to be sick.
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'Anna Karenina' is just a story about a woman falling in love with a bloke who is not her husband. It's gossip, rubbish - on the other hand, it's the deepest story there could be about social transgression, about love, betrayal, duty, children.
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Speaking is physically difficult for me.
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In the country, it feels like you don't have control over nature anymore - nature is in control of you.
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Always just remember that you can never know all; you're always going to be learning; there's always going to be something new. I don't think you'll ever have it all figured out.
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When I was a teenager, reading for me was as normal, as unremarkable as eating or breathing. Reading gave flight to my imagination and strengthened my understanding of the world, the society I lived in, and myself. More importantly, reading was fun, a way to live more than one life as I immersed myself in each good book I read.
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The mud is cold when you're in the north of Scotland!
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I was a boy with one dream and one dream only: I wanted - no, strike that, I was desperate for - a room of my own. You see, in those days I shared a room with my little brother, Jesse, and it wasn't pretty. He was the Oscar to my Felix: messy, careless, and just a little bit sticky - exactly the way a kindergartner is supposed to be.
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I'm the girl who will show up in jeans no matter what - but the jeans can get fancier and fancier.
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My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.
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One of the things about the '70s films I love - the films 'Nightcrawler' is being compared to, like, 'Taxi Driver' - is that they never put their flawed characters into any one box.
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When I was a kid, 'Blade Runner' was my favorite movie. I remember seeing that when I was a little boy with my dad.
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I like to hike with my dog, Webster. It helps clear my mind.
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A will finds a way.
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I love walks, hiking, exploring and being on the beach.
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I never thought of myself doing period. When you're in your acting classes, and you think about the kind of roles you want to play, it's always 'modern relationship drama'-type things.
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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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The teachings of Tibetan Buddhism have been passed down for a long time now. They have that system pretty well figured out.
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There are more differences between poor people than between middle-class people.
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You don't particularly want to stay close to your ex-wife. Or why would she be your ex-wife?
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One thing that everybody told me about directing was, 'Never compromise'. And the whole job is a compromise. So it's very paradoxical. How do you not compromise when the whole thing is about compromise?
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We are so humbled and grateful to Google for their devotion to our teachers and students.
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Don't say yes to everything. Learn how to say no, because people respect a no.