Patricia Richardson Quotes
I didn't want to do comedy again. It is way harder when you are doing comedy. You can't just concentrate on the character and the plot. In comedy, the writers, instead of obsessing about character and plot, obsess about the jokes.
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To be honest, I think for part of my late teens my character didn't really develop very much. I was in a state of cold storage.
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I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.
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What we've seen of Rey, she looks like she can handle her stuff. So most of the comments I get are from parents who say how wonderful it is that their little girls can see this character.
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We could have gone with much bigger labels and more money, but we wanted to go with a company that is LA based, all in the same building, and really understands what the artists want.
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If I ever feel that acting is just soul-sucking and I don't want to do it anymore, I could stop.
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In my 20s, I wanted to be hot; now I want to be healthy.
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I don't want to be a grown-up anymore; it's hard!
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The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and Independence.
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I eat whatever I want, junk food included.
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I'm not trying to be Mr. Universe, but I want to stay in shape.
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College wasn't something I saw myself doing.
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First off, no one award-wise ever rewards comedy, which is... whatever. I don't care about that.
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I don't just want to be a cute girl in a comedy or the actress who just does the same thing over and over again. I want to play roles that are distinct. I want to have a more varied career like actresses Viola Davis or Angela Bassett - those are the people that I grew up watching and admiring.
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Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.
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I love edgy comedy. 'Coming to America' still gets me and 'Friday.' I watch old Richard Pryor stand-up on VHS, too.
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I have done theatre, and I enjoy the process of smaller films a lot more. When I do such films, there are certain things which I get to do which are untapped. The scenes give me the liberty to play and mould the character in accordance to the director's mindset.
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I'm proud that Della was sort of a prototype for TV secretaries. There really was no such established character on TV when 'Perry Mason' came along.
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But I really believe that you don't do music because you want to, you do it because you have to.
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The living werewolves have genuine needs and desires, which, though they may oppose ours, are valid. Even if they want to eat humans, you can't really call them evil, any more than mice can call cats evil, or chickens can call humans evil. It's all just a matter of where you're standing.
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For the record, my mother is an astonishing and loving grandmother.
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I don't think there's anybody in America who thinks my personality is best suited to being Number Two.
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It seems so much easier in these days to live morally than to live beautifully. Lots of us manage to exist for years without ever sinning against society, but we sin against loveliness every hour of the day.
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I think I'm a common man for the most part, but I don't work as hard as most people that I know.
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I didn't want to do comedy again. It is way harder when you are doing comedy. You can't just concentrate on the character and the plot. In comedy, the writers, instead of obsessing about character and plot, obsess about the jokes.
