Uma Thurman Quotes
Desperation is the perfume of the young actor. It's so satisfying to have gotten rid of it. If you keep smelling it, it can drive you crazy. In this business a lot of people go nuts, go eccentric, even end up dead from it. Not my plan.
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I read part of it all the way through.
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In general, I find that for videos the acting is more realistic.
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I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
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I think I've gotten more confident because the more you do it and the more shows you play, you just feel more confident. You feel more confident about everything.
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One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.
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I'm more the sort of person who doesn't like hugging strangers because we don't know each other, so we shouldn't.
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I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.
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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
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Fiction about mining has a long tradition - Emile Zola's 'Germinal' and Upton Sinclair's 'King Coal' come to mind - and most readers will be aware of the industry's harsh conditions.
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I'm working on my new album right now. Hopefully to get that out at the top of 2005, January 2005.
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People deal with models like they are children. They think they can pull one over on you. It's actually funny. I'm always like, I'm about to pull something on you, and you're so focused on thinking I'm dumb, you're not even going to know.
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I feel like I missed a whole period of my childhood because I had a bunch of stressful things happen to me when I was like 17, 18, when people usually feel the most free in life, like going to college and like anything is possible.
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The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
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The importance of logo into today's fashion is un! be! Lievable!
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But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.
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Sometimes, I find that just the simplest, cleanest things that are intelligently performed are funniest to me.
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Because of my own family's service (in the U.S. Army, Navy, and Massachusetts and New York National Guard), I am a strong supporter of the military and do believe that there are just wars.
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Do you force your kids to pay attention to what's going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? My hope is that my child is a strong activist. That would make me most proud.
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I'm a big crier in general. The right life insurance commercial will take me out for a couple of days.
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You can't carve up the world. It's not a pie.
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There have been moments in my career when I've had to be tough and I've had to step up to the plate - but usually that's because a man has underestimated me. But other than that, I wouldn't say I'm a tough person.
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Desperation is the perfume of the young actor. It's so satisfying to have gotten rid of it. If you keep smelling it, it can drive you crazy. In this business a lot of people go nuts, go eccentric, even end up dead from it. Not my plan.
