Lasse Hallstrom Quotes
I am always more interested in performance and character depiction, and my direction says as much.
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I think whatever you have in your life, my opinion is that if you know that there's something wrong, you try to fix it.
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I never allow myself to be pressured.
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If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
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Hollywood's got its own particular environment.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.
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You don't have to love them. You just have to respect their rights.
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I am a huge wrestling fan. I would say The Rock is my favorite person to watch for obvious reasons.
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I love puffins. They are small, round gothic birds, and their babies are called pufflings.
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I've had a few ditty hits.
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What would be the nicest thing I could say about Newt Gingrich? He may be one of the great supporters of the humanities, because you have people who don't want to study the social sciences, because it's not profitable, and now Newt, as the highest-paid historian in American history, may be an encouragement to people to study history.
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If we work so hard and put all the money in the hospital to buy medicine - it will be a disaster. Why we should work? So without a healthy environment of this Earth, no matter how much money you make, no matter how wonderful you are, you have a bad disaster.
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During my adolescence, our family dwelt in rural Alaska. We were dirt poor, Depression-era poor. Tarpaper shack and kerosene lamps. In those days I read because that's all I had. I wrote because that's all I had.
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You have to find ways to relate to the characters you get to play. Put it in terms and in a context that speaks to you.
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But probably my favorite music, believe it or not, is sad music.
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The amygdala plays a crucial role in processing fear, and minus her two amygdalae, S.M. became unflappable. Studies of her are actually a hoot to read, since they basically consist of scientists concocting ever-more-elaborate ways of trying to scare her.
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You've got to change with the public's taste.
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When someone says something that really hurts me, I have to retweet it to let it go.
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On stage, I like to dress up a bit. I'm not scared to be like a character up there.
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Audiences grew to like this duality of feeling, where youre both championing a character and youre revolted by them.
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I feel I have a responsibility to myself, a responsibility to explain where we're coming from. Because a song or the performance of a song is a lot like a work of art.
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Once, I ordered two thousand lady bugs from the local garden center and set them loose in the atrium. I sprinkled marigold seeds in the ficus planters and put gold fish in the lobby fountain. These are things I did with no consequences, no repercussions. My nineteen detentions were for smart answers and missed homework. There is no equivalent punishment for making the world a stranger place.
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I am always more interested in performance and character depiction, and my direction says as much.
