Radha Mitchell Quotes
I guess when I first started speaking with an American accent, there's a tendency to create a caricature of the accent because you just exaggerate the pieces that stand out to you.
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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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I'm French - it's less important. Meaning, I remain a Frenchman in America, but I adapt to American culture. I feel good there - but I'm still a foreigner.
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Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it?
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You know once you get in the business you know what you're getting into.
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The world can be very small. That's why you have to be very careful, whoever you meet.
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My own writing has perhaps more of an American flavor than a British one, but that's because the stories I've so far written have needed it. 'Empire State,' 'Seven Wonders' and 'The Age Atomic' are all very place-centric, where the setting itself is almost a character. But there is a universality to story that isn't just limited to science fiction.
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If you publish something in traditional media, it's one-way. With social media, we get all this info coming back from those who read our posts.
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Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
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Womanhood is something you don't consider until it hits you.
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How can you have an educated workforce, how do you equal the economic disparities in this country, if you can't make college more affordable for those who are struggling to make it?
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'American Horror Story' is dark, so you shouldn't be expecting too much happiness.
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Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.
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If something is personal to you, you are much more likely to act.
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No one teaches you how to be a famous person; no one teaches you how to be a role model. It's something you have to do on your own.
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When you meet the love of your life, it's just obvious and natural and easier.
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When did you last have fun being dignified?
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Most of my family doesn't speak English. It's so important for the baby. He's going to know all his American roots, but he also needs to know about his Brazilian side.
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My skin may have wrinkles but it's because I'm smiling so much. That might sound like some terrible American greetings card, but I feel it's immoral for me to castigate my body for getting older, when it does everything I ask of it.
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I like the lasso of truth. There is something so beautiful about the fact that people have to tell the truth when they have the lasso around them. And it's not too violent.
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When 'Iron Man' came out, I said, 'Oh - they are trying to have some fun.' It was a relief because every superhero movie had become so damn serious. Some people love that, but for me, it's a weird thing to watch. A man with a cape can have fun, but I won't listen to a lecture from him.
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It is a great advantage for any man to be able to talk or hear, neither ignorantly nor absurdly, upon any subject; for I have known people, who have not said one word, hear ignorantly and absurdly; it has appeared by their inattentive and unmeaning faces.
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I always see myself as much more of a musician than a celebrity.
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Oh yeah, that was the thing to do at that time. This was before the new wave of bebop started.
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I guess when I first started speaking with an American accent, there's a tendency to create a caricature of the accent because you just exaggerate the pieces that stand out to you.
