Emmanuel Benbihy Quotes
We like people who look good, we like people who elevate our standards, who have things we do not have, it's all about our fantasies. Yes, you can make millions of people dream about somebody who's not good looking, and that's the beauty of cinema, but people don't take the chance that often.
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What I'm trying to do is save and rescue the country if I can, and I'm doing my best to do it.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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When I look at acting careers that I really admire, I see that it's been a precise decision-making process for these people. They make decisions based on what they love, and they do only the things that they are passionate about. They play only characters that they can't stop thinking about.
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I suppose I am one of those lucky people who eats what they like and doesn't gain too much weight.
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We, as entrepreneurs, can be held responsible for our actions every single day, not every election cycle.
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It's tricky, performing the show live. Because when you're in a big auditorium, in front of 700 people, the natural tendency is to want to talk louder. You want to project.
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I'm not an actor who appears on the stage and gives people advice on how to live or what to do and entertains them. It is not my specialty.
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Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.
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As we women know, there are so many other hurdles that we have to cross that I would love it if we could stop having the race conversation so that we can get women further on. You know, a female president now that we have an African American president. Maybe we can get an Asian female, a gay person?
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After Mason was born, I'd feel guilty doing anything that wasn't related to work.
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I was in a very dark place for a long time. It's just so hard to have normalcy.
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I think that a woman that is elegant herself is somebody who can dress herself easily and effortlessly.
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I've always challenged myself and the people who work with me to take new approaches to traditional business challenges, to push the envelope and constantly ask whether our sacred cows are still producing great milk.
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We like people who look good, we like people who elevate our standards, who have things we do not have, it's all about our fantasies. Yes, you can make millions of people dream about somebody who's not good looking, and that's the beauty of cinema, but people don't take the chance that often.
