Patricia Clarkson Quotes
The majority of work I do is in independent films, where you're lucky if you have five takes.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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Humor's always been the problem of my work, hasn't it? When working, I feel satisfied when I surprise myself. And when I surprise myself, I wind up laughing.
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Modern surgery has been like a miracle to those who thought the pain was going to go on forever.
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Obviously, I never want to make the same record twice. I want to keep moving forward. That's the real challenge, I think.
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I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.
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I'm not politically correct.
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I wake up at 5:30, 6 in the morning, but don't head into the office right away. I like to hang out with my wife, talk about things, get some coffee, you know.
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I don't want to make games for 12-year-olds. I have no interest in that. I haven't been 12 in a long time.
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But yet I don't think I should be labeled just a black quarterback, because it's bigger things in this sport that need to be accomplished.
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I've really written my books for my husband and our family. They've brought us closer together by allowing us to discuss things that were unspoken for so long.
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That's something the head scarf, in a symbolic way, is meant to do in Arabic culture: it defines your relationship to your husband and the men of your family differently than your relationship to the average guy on the street you've never met.
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I don't know if I would call myself a religious human.
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Well, you know, I - again, even in the context of BP, I wonder about this government's priorities. The federal government's top priority right now should be the cleanup. And BP certainly has done so many things wrong. They need to be held to account.
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It is unfair to label me anti-Islam. I am an atheist and a secular humanist.
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The most powerful words in English are 'Tell me a story,' words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the origins of language, the continuity of the species, the taproot of our humanity, our singularity, and art itself.
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The Amex has a long, often troubled, sometimes glorious history.
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When you sample something, you're using the crutch of borrowing chords and melodies from a song that's already great, that's already stood the test of time, that's already special. When you're trying to do it all from scratch, you're writing something brand new that has to stand on its own.
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Writing music is just like writing a book.
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Look at Rihanna. She's so sexy. She comes from Planet Sexy. I worship her. I really, really do.
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I've always wanted to be accepted by country music fans - without lying.
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The thinnest I've ever been was after I had my appendix out, during the London run of The Seagull. I went down to 112 pounds and realized my brain doesn't work when I'm that thin, so I can't do my job. That's why, when I came out here, I never had that whole Hollywood pressure thing.
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If someone doesn't want to hire me because they think I'm too vocal, fine. I will do a play. I will always find a job. Let them try to get me out of this industry. I am not going to be silenced!
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The majority of work I do is in independent films, where you're lucky if you have five takes.
