Tanya Fischer Quotes
You get callbacks, and they either give it to what they call a 'name' performer, or they decide to go in an entirely different direction.
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I don't believe in endorsing a product that you don't want to endorse.
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It's hard to generalize, because they're all different. When I started, I decided to take as much advantage as I could of the freedom offered by the SF field.
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Bill Mitchell said he really liked it. But when he asked the other four their opinions, we all took one look at ourselves in our raggedy long winter coats and cracked up. We knew we weren't likely to tempt anyone or anything, but what the hell, it was as good a name as any.
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When I look in the mirror, I don't see a person who's made the kind of impact that Mia Hamm made on the game. She's still my idol, the greatest player and the greatest teammate. She achieved so much in so many different ways. What she did for women's soccer can't be measured.
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Some people are instantly brilliant. The Kenneth Branaghs of this world are ready-formed actors at 23 - he has used his success in lots of different ways - but there are people out there for whom acting is: 'Ooh, I can get on the telly and be famous.'
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I tried for years to get an agent because I was told you needed an agent. The agent-hunting process was grim indeed.
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When you write as a woman, there's this feeling there's going to be a softness.
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My roots are in stand-up, and stand-up is very freeing. There's no script involved; you just fly.
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You can't date if you're famous. That's how it seems to me.
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Every time you make a guess of what a judge is going to do... you're wrong, so I try to stay away from that.
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Any trend that is developed too fast and is disposed right away is not going to have a lasting impression on the culture, you know?
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Men and women have roles - their roles are different, but their rights are equal.
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Never jeopardize who you are for a role. Now, I'm not saying you should never change for a role, because the fun of being different characters is adapting different nuances and different parts of the character, but never jeopardize your moral compass or anything like that to have a role.
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Everywhere you hang your hat is home. Home is the bright cave under the hat.
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See, I believe that it is not true that different races and nations are alike. I'm profoundly convinced that that's a total lie. I think people are different. Sardinians, for example, have stubby little fingers. Bosnians have short necks.
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If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.
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There are really very few roles for women in films in which you can also make a living.
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For kids, multitasking electronically is common. But they are totally focused. You can tell a good story, and they listen.
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You never get to pick how you get pinned and how people perceive you.
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I worked with Ismail Merchant on 'The Mystic Masseur,' I did 'Sakina's Restaurant,' I've done plays, I've been on Broadway, I've done movies, I've done TV... but nothing has had the pop culture penetrative impact as 'The Daily Show' has. It's the nature of the beast.
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And people do enjoy the plays at completely different levels. And, likewise, they enjoy the authorship question... at completely different levels.
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I think always staying focused and not taking things too seriously, but taking the important things seriously.
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Folks have to pin me down because, for one thing, I don't have a laptop. I don't have an iPhone, and I refuse to carry them because they're immensely hackable.
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You get callbacks, and they either give it to what they call a 'name' performer, or they decide to go in an entirely different direction.
