Jack Bowman Quotes
But my patriotism goes for something beyond what we have. We don't have something that I want to die for - anymore.
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I am very lucky to be surrounded and guided by an incredible support team comprised of my family and agents.
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There's a critic that I love, Manohla Dargis of the 'L.A. Weekly.' I like the underground point of view; it's my old radical sympathies. Maybe I like her because she likes my movies.
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I want to do roles that take women a step farther. I don't want to be slotted into anything. But if I get a brilliant role which requires me to be a mother, then I will do it. But I want people to see that a woman could be anything at whatever age, even if she is married or has two kids.
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There is always shame in the creation of an expressive work, whether it's a book or a clay pot. Every artist worries about how they will be seen by others through their work. When you create, you aspire to do justice to yourself, to remake yourself, and there is always the fear that you will expose the very thing that you hoped to transform.
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If I can help and influence girls who are going through body-image issues then I think that's amazing.
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I'm not strict on my calorie count; I just pay attention to my body.
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All of the songs my grandparents and parents listened to are called boleros - they're all love songs. They're about giving your heart to a person. It's a culture that is so romantic and passionate, and that's something that I'm very proud of. We grew up with nothing, so we just want to live a life full of love.
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For the most part, it's a very male-dominated business. Most executives are male, so it's always sort of their vision of stuff. I'm constantly fighting against that, even when I play the wife or the girlfriend or the best friend. I always try my hardest to bring as much layering in and not make things stereotypical, but it's hard.
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When you do a film, you get picked up in a car, lunch is free. Theatre is really hard, and you get absolutely no money.
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Feminism was about making women's lives less constrained and giving them more choices.
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I've been very clear. I won. I didn't commit the crime.
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I really like sort of disappearing.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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I am forever grateful for 'Cheers.'
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Most actors and actresses are performative as people.
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Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really privy to the thoughts of God?
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I was your C student. I paid attention in the classes that were about how to get elected.
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It's the sum of the parts that make up the whole, so in my opinion excellence comes from how one undertakes to do something. It all begins with the thought process - which is creative and exalted to produce something out of the ordinary.
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If untouchability lives, Hinduism perishes and even India perishes, but if untouchability is eradicated from the Hindu heart, root and branch, then Hinduism has a definite message for the world.
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My favorite thing about the Internet is that you get to go into the private world of real creeps without having to smell them.
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There is no other genre that deals with America better, in a subtextual way, than the Westerns being made in the different decades. The '50s Westerns very much put forth an Eisenhower idea of America, whereas the Westerns of the '70s were very cynical about America.
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Walk softly and carry a big stick. Or stomp loudly and carry enough firepower to start a small war. Whatever worked
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The disembodied spirit is immortal; there is nothing of it that can grow old or die. But the embodied spirit sees death on the horizon as soon as its day dawns.
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But my patriotism goes for something beyond what we have. We don't have something that I want to die for - anymore.
