Tatyana Ali Quotes
I'm doing a play, a musical. The musical follows the Mamma Mia concept. It's my first LA theater project.
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I was in a Nativity play as a kid. Back then, I played the donkey.
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Women are the first to jump on what is fashionable.
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I was taught to play that way when I was in high school and even before I got to high school.
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I'm an actor; I want to play roles, not a role.
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I made my first movie when I was five.
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I'm a writer first and a singer second. And then I started editing my own videos when I was 17, so it's a process I've been doing since I was younger.
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The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.
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You can't hate Britney Spears because, you know what, no matter what Britney Spears been doing, she's still on TV.
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I hate auditions - when I'm doing them, I can't wait to get out the bleeding door.
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Doing leads more surely to talking than talking to doing.
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I also love Disney, and will defend doing so, because there's so much in those films and I don't care if it's stereotyped.
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When you're writing a book, you don't really think about it critically. You don't want to know too well what you're doing. First, you write the book, then you find the justification for it.
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Having been on tour in countries that are extremely eco-friendly, we automatically end up doing the things that normal people do in other countries.
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I'm not that good a player, and I'll be the first to admit that. I might be a three or four grand-slam winner; I might be a two grand-slam winner, I don't know.
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The best players will play. That's the way it will always be.
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Doing a TV show is different because it's more of a TV version of something. A more focused take on things.
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I like writing about biology, not doing it.
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One trap you can fall into when playing someone iconic is to end up doing everything in an iconic way, no matter how pedestrian or mundane that thing is.
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We have dealt with the Arab/Muslim problem in the American media in every single way but through comedy. Hollywood has always been lagging behind comedy... We can make fun of ourselves, too, and I'm inviting us to laugh with us - and all the misconceptions.
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When I was a graduate student, the leading spirits at Harvard were interested in the history of ideas.
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I was at that age…I was interested in girls so (being in a band) made it better!
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A mate of mine told me recently, 'It's the first time I've seen you work, Worthington.' I thought that was quite funny, but he was right.
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Whoever stands for 'one China' will get our support. We can have talks with them, and our talks will cover anything.
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I'm doing a play, a musical. The musical follows the Mamma Mia concept. It's my first LA theater project.
