Denise Duhamel Quotes
Over the years, I became more and more interested in the forms and techniques in which things could be said.
Quotes to Explore
-
I love myself. Anything that has my name I'm tickled to death.
-
That's what I like about Neil Jordan's films: everyone is better at what they do than you are.
-
You don't have a peaceful revolution. You don't have a turn-the-cheek revolution. There's no such thing as a nonviolent revolution.
-
I remember going up and doing 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' with Paul Simon, Santana playing up there with us.
-
All change is bad. But sometimes it has to be done.
-
There are some movies you do for the character; there are some movies you do for the people.
-
I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment.
-
Because of what I did when I was 10 years old, I'm not living from paycheck to paycheck, and I can do things because I want to do them.
-
I hate watching myself on film because I am so judgmental.
-
Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious.
-
Act because you love to act.
-
Readers appreciate the truth. Why say, 'Some think a situation is a mess?' Based on my reporting, if a situation is a mess, then I say that. The truth is always what reporters tell each other when they get back to the newsroom.
-
Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys.
-
I don't want to play earnest. I'd rather play somebody who's kind of sleazy. It's much more fun, especially in a comedy. You don't want to be some earnest guy who's just trying to do the right thing but can't. I want to be doing the wrong thing intentionally.
-
Friends are really important, especially when you've had the successes that I've had. I've gone really far in my career, so they're the ones that keep you humble, keep your feet on the ground.
-
The great musicians are those who can reach people, who can make people feel something.
-
When I was probably 5 or 6, my mother put me into an acting, singing, and dancing class.
-
As I've gotten less righteous, less pedagogic, I have become more loving of the artificiality, the art form, the imitation of life in film.
-
God spoke to me and called me to His Service. What form this service was to take the voice did not say.
-
Sending us Ebola bombs in the form of sweaty Glaswegians just isn't cricket.
-
I went to the Technion and studied with Avram Hershko. I found it more exciting than practicing medicine.
-
There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
-
People in my novels always have terrible problems. If they are not terrible, I make them more terrible.
-
Over the years, I became more and more interested in the forms and techniques in which things could be said.
