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.
Quotes to Explore
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law.
-
Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it?
-
You know once you get in the business you know what you're getting into.
-
The world can be very small. That's why you have to be very careful, whoever you meet.
-
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.
-
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.
-
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
-
Womanhood is something you don't consider until it hits you.
-
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?
-
'American Horror Story' is dark, so you shouldn't be expecting too much happiness.
-
Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.
-
If something is personal to you, you are much more likely to act.
-
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.
-
When you meet the love of your life, it's just obvious and natural and easier.
-
When did you last have fun being dignified?
-
The federal budget deficit is the biggest single impediment to revitalizing the American economy.
-
It never mattered to me that people in school didn't think that country music was cool, and they made fun of me for it - though it did matter to me that I was not wearing the clothes that everybody was wearing at that moment. But at some point, I was just like, 'I like wearing sundresses and cowboy boots.'
-
I'll tell you what, I love my daddy. And he's so special. He's meant so much to me, so it's not a thorn in my side to be known as Billy Graham's daughter. It's a privilege.
-
Sometimes eight chains go together really well, depending on the length - how short they are, how small they are.
-
I will always do what's best for the company.
-
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.
