Zoe Kazan Quotes
I grew up in L.A., and I don't think I've seen L.A. onscreen in a way that felt real to me. There are definitely movies, but they are few and far between.
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Well, I think a lot of people just want to be famous.
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I think we should be encouraged to learn from Columbine and let it be a battle cry for all of us.
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People like me were supposed to be into exclusivity, unapproachable. That's what I hate most. I think it's very demode.
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I have to be able to rap. I don't have the look. I don't have the typical slim-dude, fancy-clothes look. That's not me. I have to be able to rap - there is no other choice, or else I get eaten alive.
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I think it was a good challenge for me to get my reactions across without being able to speak.
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Standing up on the right to trial by jury is something that, really, a lot of people should agree with, you know, both on the Right and the Left.
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I'm not a very big fan of 'Slumdog Millionaire.' I think it's visually brilliant. But I have problems with the story line. I find the storyline unconvincing.
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I gave up painting by 16. I secretly thought I would have been Rembrandt by then.
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My mom helped me get started when I was younger. I started with singing. An agent saw me singing on stage at the Palm Springs Festival, and recommended I get into acting, so I was like, 'Oh, okay.' I just started from there, singing and acting.
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I dread the idea of a paparazzi snapping me while I'm out running.
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The reason I hate publicists is because I think if we got rid of them everything would be on equal footing.
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I think Steve Jobs is a historic figure. He's not only a historic figure in business, but really in America.
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My camps are always ten weeks. That's what makes me comfortable.
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I grew up believing that my parents helped change the world. I was so in awe of them, and I wondered how I could measure up. I mean, how do you change the world - again?
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If I like something, I will pick it up from anywhere and wear it. I don't believe that only branded stuff looks good on you. If it doesn't look good in my eyes, I'll never wear it.
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I decide intuitively what I want to do. When directors like Imtiaz Ali, Ayan Mukerji, Anurag Basu and Anurag Kashyap, who have stories to tell, come to me, why would I not be a part of it?
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Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience.
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My parents never talked to me like I was a kid. Maybe that's why I've been seen as mature.
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I try not to put pressure on filmmakers to come up with a big scare at the beginning. I think that helps let the audience settle in and get to know the people they're about to spend 90 minutes with. Once the scarier stuff happens, it's scarier because of that.
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I don't think that work ever really destroyed anybody. I think that lack of work destroys them a hell of a lot more.
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It was in high school that I first became interested in acting. We put on lots of plays.
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That's what I try to do each and every week is give my best effort and not give up, no matter what comes at us.
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Honestly, I'm cool with everyone, and people pick up on that. I'd say, 'I'm not gay, but it's all good.' It's kind of like going to Paris when you don't know the language; some Americans get into trouble over there, but I'm just like, 'Sorry, I don't speak French.'
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I grew up in L.A., and I don't think I've seen L.A. onscreen in a way that felt real to me. There are definitely movies, but they are few and far between.
