Nazanin Boniadi Quotes
First of all, I'm Middle Eastern; I'm Iranian, so to be playing a leading role in a big Hollywood movie, I think, is possibly one of the first times.
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In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.
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People tweet before they think, and it becomes obsessive.
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I think it's a mistake to try to pin down one particular reason for a person's personality. Don't we all, for many reasons, act differently in different circumstances and with different people?
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People always come up to me now and say, 'Watchmen' is the best superhero movie ever made.' I'm always saying 'That's super cool. That's nice of you to say.' But it happens now, more and more and more than it did when it first came out.
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I didn't get at first put into a rehab facility; I got put in a adolescent psychiatric unit for my detox.
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I don't think Will does get upstaged because his reaction is always funnier than what is actually happening. That is also the reason Tommy is funnier than Will.
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I would like to write a movie and, if it wasn't too crazy, also direct.
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I have freckles; I don't like covering up too much. I like things dewy and natural, and I think that having moisture in your skin is really beautiful and youthful - sometimes that's more important than coverage.
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I think that ageism is a cultural illness; it's not a personal illness.
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I think higher education is over-regulated.
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I think a lot of people think I'm doing kind of a character onstage, but what you're really getting is just me.
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I remember once, actually the first race I ran, I fell.
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I wrote my first novel when my daughter was about six months old.
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What other people think of me is none of my business.
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One of the things I think is important about 'Watchmen' is that it have resonance within cinematic pop culture as well as superhero culture.
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I can think of no other writer who so thoroughly embodies the Jamesian spirit as Alison Lurie. Like him she can excavate all the possibilities of a theme. Like his, her books seem long, unbroken threads, seamless progressions of effects.
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I think bolstering free trade is a boon to the dollar.
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I think I've really exhausted the magical. It was a lot of fun, but I've put it behind me for the time being.
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Building a house is like producing a movie. There's no right way to do it but a lot of wrong ways. You have to be flexible and creative. You have to move fast, be prepared - or it quickly becomes costly.
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I really do think everybody can sing.
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I love teaching online at my website and soon I'll be writing a math book. I love to teach math. I just don't have time for a full-time teaching gig. Acting is way too time-consuming.
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Today, former President Bill Clinton met with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il and convinced him to release two American journalists that have been jailed since March. Isn't that great? This is big, yeah. Or as Clinton calls it, another Asian happy ending.
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The game of political music chairs and finger-pointing by career politicians and agency bureaucrats needs to end.
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First of all, I'm Middle Eastern; I'm Iranian, so to be playing a leading role in a big Hollywood movie, I think, is possibly one of the first times.
