Tanya Fischer Quotes
I just want to keep at it. I can't wait to see, after years of being around, the roles I can play when I'm a crazy old lady.
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I didn't want to be one of those arty nutcases.
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Never met Levinson. Ever. He directed those American Express spots for us for Seinfeld, and I was off on some guest spot that I didn't even want to do... and I got talked into doing it.
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I can barely turn on my computer!
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My favorite animal is a polar bear. They're going extinct, and I really don't want that to happen.
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When you want something very dearly, you make the time.
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Everything that you read is an influence on everything you write, and you want to draw as many elements into your work as you can.
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I want to be in 'Glee', but I'm told I'm not famous enough to be a cameo yet.
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My audience has really become a very diverse group of people. It's not just 15-year-old girls. That's kind of what allows me to write from all the different places I want to write from.
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Just watching Jack Lemmon made me want to get into this business.
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I don't like giving up hits and stuff, but I try not to show it. I don't want the hitter to see that something bothers me.
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I'm not a trend person. I don't want to look to my right and see somebody in the same thing.
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I really like boats. If you want to go somewhere, you just take your house with you.
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If you want to establish an international presence you can't do so from New York. You need the consecration of Paris.
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I feel like every five to seven years I really need to put myself in this position of discomfort and exploration, just to survive. Otherwise I feel like I'm falling asleep, like I'll go crazy if I don't do it.
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When I want a long ball, I spin my hips faster.
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I didn't want to fall into the trap of complacency.
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If you want to change a country, you're going to be bumped every now and then.
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I've tried a few times to depart from what I know I can do, and I've failed. I've tried to work outside the studio, but it introduces too many variables that I can't control. I'm really quite narrow, you know.
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I wrote five issues of that and got the sack. Actually, they paid me for eight, but they changed their minds about the direction and threw three issues out the window.
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Nothing else matters except that I have fun, and I'm still having fun.
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The early Church had nothing but the Old Testament. The New Testament lies hidden in the Old; the Old Testament lies open in the New.
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A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story.
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For I've finally realized that I could be infinitely better than before, definitely stronger. I'll face whatever comes my way, I'll savor each moment of the day, love as many people as I can along the way. Help someone who's given up, even if it's just to raise my eyes and pray.
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I just want to keep at it. I can't wait to see, after years of being around, the roles I can play when I'm a crazy old lady.
