Zadie Smith Quotes
It seems that if you put people on paper and move them through time, you cannot help but talk about ethics, because the ethical realm exists nowhere if not here: in the consequences of human actions as they unfold in time, and the multiple interpretive possibility of those actions.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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People know things and have a remarkable capacity to act in their individual immediate interests all the time.
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I love Bridget Fonda.
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From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.
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The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
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I was a dancer when I got discovered, and I started working immediately. I started being in commercials and doing guest star roles. My first big thing, which happened maybe six months after being discovered, was 'Bring It On: All or Nothing.'
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I feel there's enough seriousness in the world without seeing it in the theatre.
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I don't want to paint a picture of total gloom and doom.
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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Historical costumes from the 18th and 19th centuries look so complicated, but when you see the patterns, it's very systematic. I've always been impressed by how the patterns economize the fabric.
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Horrors, I believe, should be original - the use of common myths and legends being a weakening influence.
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I have been, and will remain, outspoken in my insistence that Israel has a right to live in peace and security.
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I believe there is little to gain by exchanging opinions with other artists concerning either the ideology of art or technical methods.
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Madonna is a creation, so perhaps we should give her and the factory that created her a little credit, but I think that she should quietly disappear now. Poor Madge seems unable to decide whether she wants to look like Marilyn Monroe or Marlene Dietrich.
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Things happen for a reason. I'm happy, but not I'm not satisfied with the things I'm doing.
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Change is the one thing we can be sure of.
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Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.
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I wasn't in school often enough to really belong to a 'clique,' but my friends all studied hard and got pretty good grades. They were good people with self-respect. I still like to be friends with people I admire something about; I really believe that we become like the people we're surrounded by, so I choose my friends carefully!
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There are many cultural prejudices. For instance, even though fresh fish is a regional staple, Catalans don't like sashimi.
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I try to explain to people that you get the roles that are right when they're right. If you have a nerd character but you're kind of a cool guy, you're probably not going to get the nerd part. The nerd is going to get the nerd part. You know, someone like me.
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Everyone knows that there are some odors that send you directly back to memories of your childhood - odors from Christmas time and so forth.
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There are many people who think I'm actually a gangster or a mafioso, largely because of 'Goodfella.'
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Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it.
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It seems that if you put people on paper and move them through time, you cannot help but talk about ethics, because the ethical realm exists nowhere if not here: in the consequences of human actions as they unfold in time, and the multiple interpretive possibility of those actions.
