Victoria Abril Quotes
When you have to get into the character each morning, give it your voice, your face, it was torture.
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Do your eye shadow first, then your foundation. That way, you can clean up any mess without starting all over again.
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Once you're signed to a label you compromise.
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It's a rough and tumble game whenever power is involved - people's ambitions, their desires, their competitive spirit will often push them to play outside the rules. It's dramatic, it's interesting, and I think it's something we can all identify with to a degree.
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There's nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.
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I tend to lean toward strong female stories. I want to make things that don't already exist out there.
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I don't set out to win awards. I don't think any musician does, but when you receive an award, it's an affirmation: it means that people appreciate what you do. Every award I have received is a confirmation of something I have done, and that motivates me to push a little harder.
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I would bump A Tribe Called Quest in my car all day.
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The goal seems to me at times just to be business first.
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The one thing you can ask, I think, is that actors get paid a living wage. I would like it if all the repertory theatres that currently exist could do that. It would make a huge difference.
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A reality that is electronic... Once everybody's got a computer terminal in their home, to satisfy all their needs, all the domestic needs, there'll be a dismantling of the present broadcasting structure, which is far too limited and limiting.
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I lead a normal life and I don't assume there is anything I can impart to people. The only reason to write a book would be to make money, and I don't want to do that. To write a book would be going against how I've lived.
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I'm not desperately looking for a man, but I'm sure one of these days, I'll find my Mr. Right.
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I'm still learning my craft, and I've been writing since I was nine.
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I hate recording all the shows for the week in one day, because I want to be able to mention current events and pop culture. If Madonna punches Britney in the face today, I want to reference that on 'Wine Library TV' tomorrow. Monday's episode is always the best, because it's hot off the press.
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Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow.
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Growing up, my dolls were doctors and on secret missions. I had Barbie Goes Rambo.
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I don't like messing up. I think that's just a part of my personality. I don't like to mess up or do anything wrong. When I'm in gymnastics, I like to see my hit percent as high as possible.
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I have a very pragmatic approach to diets. Ones you can't stick to don't do you any good. Some people say, 'Just eat half of what's on your plate,' but I can't do that!
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It's very odd that we have such an easy relationship to violence in this country, and we're still shocked by the female figure.
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In order to restore our country to the principles on which it was founded, we need to elect leaders that believe in the principles of the party, not just the power of the party.
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We have no physical model of this endless rhythm of individuation and involvement, we do have its image in the world of art, most purely in dance.
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Christian churches and Muslim groups have no more right to have their say than women's institutes or trades unions. The government has actively encouraged faith-based education, and therefore given a megaphone to religious voices and fundamentalists.
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[Bacteria are the] dark matter of the biological world [with 4 million mostly unknown species in a ton of soil].
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When you have to get into the character each morning, give it your voice, your face, it was torture.
