Colleen Patrick-Goudreau Quotes
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I don't quite know how to put it into words, but I feel for the audience that I have; I know them.
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There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins.
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What I always loved about theater is that that's an experience that a company of actors just sinks itself into for weeks, and you really get to work on the material, and by the time you're in front of an audience, you really own it.
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This is where you see the truth of entertainment, because it is not edited. You see it on stage as it is happening. Even if we fall down or forget our words, it's a part of live entertainment.
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I enjoy racing because I want to do it. No one's forcing me.
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We think that democracy can change a lot of things, but we're being fooled, because democracy is not the election. We've been taught that democracy is having elections. And it isn't. Elections are the most horrendous aspect of democracy. It's the most mundane, trivial, disappointing, dirty aspect.
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The call that always seemed the toughest to me was the slide and tag play at second. You can see it coming, but you don't know which way the runner is going to slide, where the throw is going to be, and how the fielder is going to take the throw.
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Money has never been my drive. I have never seen the shortage of money in my life, so for me, I don't want to buy a silk pillow or a private jet... My drive is to achieve more than what my grandfather achieved; my drive is to make a name for myself, get rid of this 'star son' tag that has been attached to me.
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I do not welcome advice from actors; they are here to act.
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I've never really considered packing my suitcase and heading to Hollywood.
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I've always been a fan of a Johnny Carson because he was so great with an audience and not afraid of self-deprecating humor.
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An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form his mind.
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With 'All Is Song,' I tried to construct a very traditional narrative that pulls no tricks.
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Jimmy Grants is my first stop every time I go home to Australia. They make the best souvlakis you have ever tasted.
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In the end, to do a good accent, you just have to be a good listener.
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I'm sick of making bloody history.
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What are you waiting for in order to give up?
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Each person feels that he is an 'expert' in one or two fields and just the 'public' in all the others. But you know, probably, from experience that no one is really able to appreciate any display of ability in any field if he himself has not, to a certain degree, taken part in its problems and difficulties at some time.
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Writing is like travelling. It's wonderful to go somewhere, but you get tired of staying.
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It must have been fascinating for Bono to have Johnny Cash do a cover of his song, and hear how he translates the words that he has used. And it would be fascinating to see a great director do his take on my work.
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An America that looks away is ignoring not just the sins of the past but the sins of the present and the certain sins of the future.
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I think that's why art prevails: because it helps people in a fairly intangible, magical way feel more connected to each other.
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Sanctuaries are magical places - dare I say holy?
