Elaine Cassidy Quotes
It's always lovely to be part of a project that, on a creative level, is done for all the right reasons.
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One of the reasons we all still read Jane Austen is because her books are about universal things which still matter today - love, money, family. They haven't gone out of fashion, so it's not throwing the baby out with the bathwater to rework her in a contemporary style.
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I pay a lot of tax, and I feel, one of the reasons I stay and pay why I'm not based in Monaco... I think my country helped me.
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I like to reinvent with each project, in any which way possible.
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The West has demonstrated its ability in the past to project power and move troops to distant regions.
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I would like the thrill of making a new project every time.
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One of the reasons for me that there's no 'Spaced 3' is that I don't think you can pretend to be 26 for ever.
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What really excites me in a project is when it goes in a way you haven't been before.
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Everything can't be a postage-stamp-sized project. Everything can't be a chamber piece. Musicals aren't even meant to be that, or identified with it... It's none of it simple.
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Any project that I find encouraging that isn't attached to a studio, I can go to them, which I definitely would. You have to take an interest in what you do.
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The first thing you have to do is get immersed in the project, organizing yourself, knowing what you are going after and not going after. It is extremely important to know what you don't want to find. Research to me is as important or more important than the writing. It is the foundation upon which the book is built.
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The first thing you have to do is get immersed in the project, organizing yourself, knowing what you are going after and not going after.
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I feel like I've been blessed with the ability to do what I do and I guess, I ultimately want to be remembered for being an out-and-out racer; just driving at the seat of my pants and doing it the right way and winning for the right reasons. The right values.
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I feel like the world is dominated by such a small group of human beings. There are so many different kinds of people that aren't represented, that don't have characters who look like them. And that's one of the reasons why I intend on being a director, because I want to actually tell some of these stories. I also think that we place such intense emphasis on award shows when they're not necessarily the best reflection of how good the work is. We need to realize that art and creation are so much bigger than an award or any measure of accomplishment.
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People think you have this exciting and romantic life, because you project this exciting, romantic life on screen. But in reality you're just doing the same thing as everyone else - you know, sitting around watching TV with your gut hanging out, playing with your kid, or even sitting on the toilet. You know what's weird? Even I'm not that interested in my personal life any more.
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I think one of the reasons I'm popular again is because I'm wearing a tie. You have to be different.
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Focus on guilt will always breed fear, and focus on innocence will always breed love. Any time we project guilt onto someone else, we are fortifying the experience of guilt within ourselves. Like blood on Lady MacBeth's hands, we cannot remove our own guilty feelings as long as we are judging others.
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These people vary from some of our senior managers who are helping getting the project office set up to construction workers.
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An army must have but one line of operations. This must be maintained with care and abandoned only for major reasons.
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I care about being paid fairly for what I do. When I approach a project, I put my whole heart and soul into it. Because I really care about it.
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In America there is institutional racism that we all inherit and participate in, like breathing the air in this room - and we have to become sensitive to it.
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There was a time when a man was so convinced that the world was round that he was determined to prove it.
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Some people are instantly brilliant. The Kenneth Branaghs of this world are ready-formed actors at 23 - he has used his success in lots of different ways - but there are people out there for whom acting is: 'Ooh, I can get on the telly and be famous.'
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On her recently widowed father's much younger wife: My father has been very busy in conjugating the verb to love, and I assure you he declines its moods and tenses inimitably.
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It's always lovely to be part of a project that, on a creative level, is done for all the right reasons.
