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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We like layers of character and personality in our storytelling. We like very distinctive, unique personalities interacting with each other. And I think, because there are two of us, and we're a collective, we identify with that. We call it the mastermind principle: Two minds aren't doubly better than one - they're exponentially better than one.
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People don't change, they just have momentary steps outside of their true character
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It takes a strong character for a person to say, 'I can't do it.
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My favorite part of the experience of serving in Congress is knowing that my time and effort are spent for the greater good and for the betterment of our nation.
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A writer's work often reflects what he or she has been exposed to in life; experiences which are the groundwork of a poem or a story.
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I am always more interested in performance and character depiction, and my direction says as much.
