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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I love to watch 'Chopped,' 'Jeopardy,' and 'Breaking Bad.' You can't pass up that one. Oh! One other show I love to watch is 'Suburgatory.'
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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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Much of the traditional thinking about cash is well intentioned but unrealistic. Should you have six months of living expenses in the bank for emergencies? Sure. Do you? Probably not.
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As comfortable as I was with my adoption, the nature-versus-nurture question has been a big one for me. I adore my parents, but I always wondered if I would feel a different kind of love-not more or less, just different-for someone who was biologically related.
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You want to mix acting styles correctly. People approach the work in different ways. You want to make sure no one wants to kill each other because the approach is different.
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Never explain yourself. Your friends don’t need it and your enemies won’t believe it.
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I don't look to find an educated person in the ranks of university graduates, necessarily. Some of the most educated people I know have never been near a university.
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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.
