Mena Massoud Quotes
Canada's a small market. I think sometimes we do too much of supporting American stories in Hollywood and not enough supporting our own.
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I hope that in some way that I can be some sort of beacon of hope, especially because I am not the typical Hollywood beauty.
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The ocean-bordered southern part of California has always been a place of Hollywood make-believe, casual opulence, suntans and jewelry.
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I'm supporting the charities that I supported during my lifetime, and I want to continue to do that.
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I will only do a Hollywood film when there is something special offered to me.
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Hollywood is where they shoot too many pictures and not enough actors.
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I'm not a party guy, and I'm not a Hollywood guy, either.
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I was obsessed with Hollywood from the time I was a kid. I always knew I wanted to live in Los Angeles.
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I'm not Hollywood. I'm a Quarter Rat. I belong here.
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My mom's a translator, my dad's a woodworker; that's the world I grew up in, that's the world I'm most comfortable in. The whole idea of Hollywood or any of that other stuff that unfortunately goes along with film, that wasn't part of my upbringing, thankfully.
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The international media concentrates on the famous, the big names. Al Jazeera goes to the margins, investigates stories that are still developing and in the future become very big. Why did the Arabic world love Al Jazeera? Everybody felt he was represented in the newsroom and on the screen. That kind of belonging is ours.
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I know it's a film and all of that, and it's a Hollywood film, but it kind of feels like this sometimes, when you're in pain and it hurts, and you're desperate. Or you are about to cross some moral line and it's so seductive and you just do... and all that.
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I have no connection with Hollywood. I'm not interested. I don't care.
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I pecked my stories out two-fingered on the Remington portable typewriter my mother had bought me. I had begged for it when I was ten.
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They spend an awful lot of money on I-don't-know-what in Hollywood movies; I certainly didn't get any of it. But they sure do love spending money.
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When I moved to Los Angeles, I was cooking with two guys who became celebrity chefs, if you will. I became their sous chef for awhile. We'd go to all the big names in Hollywood.
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In Hollywood I thought I was large and klutzy, like the characters I played.
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I love coming of age stories that have struggle.
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I think the three Mexican directors that came before me did a very good job in Hollywood because they came in and started directing things like 'Harry Potter.'
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When my story stalls on me, I've played my hand too soon.
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Those who say that Serena isn't serious about tennis; she wants to go Hollywood. That's true, about Hollywood. I would love to get a lot of acting gigs. But you wouldn't believe the stuff I've turned down because of my tournament schedule...I would do well beside (comedian) Chris Tucker.
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I always begin my stories as experiments - on large yellow tablets - a mixture of writing and sketching.
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I think the thing that I get most excited about is the fact that I know I'm gonna have a great match. That's when I get the butterflies. When it's just a regular match or something like that, I may not get that.
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Cities can be the engine of social equity and economic opportunity. They can help us reduce our carbon footprint and protect the global environment. That is why it is so important that we work together to build the capacity of mayors and all those concerned in planning and running sustainable cities.
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Canada's a small market. I think sometimes we do too much of supporting American stories in Hollywood and not enough supporting our own.
