Samira Wiley Quotes
There's a play that Chekhov wrote called 'Uncle Vanya,' and I when I was in school, I played Sonya, and sometimes people ask me if there was ever a role I could play again, that's definitely the role I would play again: Sonya in 'Uncle Vanya.'
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You must remind yourself at all times that the golf ball is nothing. It's an object. It's something to be swatted and sometimes lost and not even looked for.
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Once I finished 'Sicario,' I knew I wanted to follow it up with 'Hell or High Water.'
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I didn't make any friends in New York by insisting on moving the league headquarters to Cincinnati. The fact was that my son Bill was in school. His mother had passed away, and I didn't want to take the boy away from his school and to a strange city.
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Acting is my number one, but dancing will always be a part of who I am and in my heart. I love doing stunts when they are a part of my acting.
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It is a great delusion in those whose understanding has been darkened by self-love, to think that there is any obedience in the subject who tries to draw the superior to what he wishes.
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I'm entirely self-taught, which I think is both a blessing and a curse.
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Going to hospital is rather like going to an alien planet.
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No, I am not a homosexual. If I were a homosexual, I would hope I would have the courage to say so. What's cruel is that you are forcing me to say I am not a homosexual. This means you are putting homosexuals down. I don't want to do that.
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The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture.
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Stealing things is a glorious occupations, particularly in the art world.
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A democracy thrives on diversity. Tyranny oppresses it.
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Our evolution could have gone in different directions a lot of times. We could have gone extinct at some points. We might not have gotten our big brains, or Neanderthals might have made it while we did not.
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I didn't go out of my way to get into this movie stuff. I think of myself as a writer.
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I was always looking to record, but how much I actually pursued it was another thing. The major labels weren't that interested in me, and the smaller labels didn't have any money to do anything.
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When you're on top, you're on top.
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The public saw my father right out of central casting. He looked the part, acted the part... he was the part! The real life Godfather.
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The place where you're from defines who you are. You put yourself in the wrong situation, the wrong things happen.
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'Blade Runner' is one of my favorite films.
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The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't - it just keeps you from enjoying it.
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Father Time is whether you're an athlete or not an athlete. Father Time is always around. I think I'm just special.
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But I don't want to die! I have so much to do!
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People like to make fun of the fans who camp out but people have renaissance fairs; people do Civil War re-enactments; people do what they like. I'm tired of hearing people rage on the fans. If you don't like 'Twilight,' don't buy a ticket.
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For 'Toy Story 3' to be recognized by the Academy as not only one of the best animated films of the year, but also as one of the 10 best pictures of the year, is both humbling and overwhelming.
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There's a play that Chekhov wrote called 'Uncle Vanya,' and I when I was in school, I played Sonya, and sometimes people ask me if there was ever a role I could play again, that's definitely the role I would play again: Sonya in 'Uncle Vanya.'
