Zoe McLellan Quotes
I remember my very first audition for a film. I was in Seattle. They were taping the session, and I just went crazy. The director finally said, 'Zoe, what are you doing? The camera's right here. Just talk to me.' And it took that director saying that to me to change everything.
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So although women can do anything that men can't do, they can also do something that men can't do, and that is mother their children.
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I love Harlem, it's like a second home to me.
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I don't think it's necessary to shout if you have a good story. But I also don't think you should shy away from being bold in the statement that you're making.
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Why should I give you an interview? All you journalists are plagiarists.
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Right now, more people enjoy movies, music, television and movies than they do video games.
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As a kid growing up - I can see now - it didn't matter what I did, as long as it was something I could be really good at. Cycling just happened to be the opportunity that came along.
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I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
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It angers me when sustainability gets used as a buzz word. For 90 percent of the world, sustainability is a matter of survival.
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I've always wanted to do a period piece.
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I'm always afraid of failing. I have to quiet that fear if I'm going to get up in the morning.
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Running back was always my favorite position.
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I decided to be heterosexual because I felt like that's the life God intended me to live.
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If you put people up on pedestals, there's only one way for them to go, and that is down.
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I love an underdog. No, I don't necessarily mean the cartoon. I mean like David, as in Goliath, or the Bears, as in The Bad News Bears.
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We can overcome evil with greater good.
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I see that it is impossible to remember a long poem without practice and repetition; so is forgetfulness of the words of instruction engendered in the heart that has ceased to value them.
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If I score a goal on the road, I come home, and that's probably the first thing I'm doing, pullin' up the laptop and watching. Can't watch it in front of the teammates, or else I'll get made fun of.
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I want every day to be life for the living, not just traipsing through it existing. I'm just interested in life and the world and exploring.
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I'm more offended when someone's killed on television than when there's something that's sensuous or sexual. So what?
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I was always too afraid to slow dance. But I do remember watching people slow dance. I was the guy on the sidelines. At the school dance, I was usually in the band, playing.
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Poor people and most of the middle class are not willing to be uncomfortable. Remember, being comfortable is their biggest priority in life... The only time you can actually grow is when you are outside your comfort zone.
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When you see a struggle that you may be having personally put on a big screen and in a roomful of people, then it makes you feel less crazy or alone, because you're seeing that other people are dealing with it too. You get to see in this imaginary scenario how people might try and answer some questions or deal with some problems.
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I have acting technique; I have singing technique; I don't have a writing technique to fall back on.
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I remember my very first audition for a film. I was in Seattle. They were taping the session, and I just went crazy. The director finally said, 'Zoe, what are you doing? The camera's right here. Just talk to me.' And it took that director saying that to me to change everything.
