Tamsin Greig Quotes
Dad was a retired chemist who, in his 60s, fathered and fed me and my two sisters while Mum worked as a secretary. He made us curries, Chinese meals and strange concoctions. He was often unsuccessful.
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The trick to acting is not to show off, it's to think the thoughts of the character.
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Enjoy the satisfaction that comes from doing little things well.
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I am genuinely into soul, R&B and hip hop - all these genres that get slapped under the 'soul' genre. That spoke to me more than it did to my punk-rock friends. And punk spoke more to me than it did to my soul friends. I basically didn't fit comfortably in either world.
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For me, it was really a childhood dream coming true. It's sort of where the fantasy led reality, and then I got to be on the Starship Enterprise anyway. And the cool thing was - is I was the only person on this bridge who had actually been in space.
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Irish novelist John Banville has a creepy, introverted imagination.
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I've actually done a lot of comedy.
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My mother is an ordained minister. I'm a Muslim. She didn't do back flips when I called her to tell her I converted 17 years ago. But I tell you now, you put things to the side, and I'm able to see her, and she's able to see me. We love each other. The love has grown.
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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I did an 'Our Town' in San Diego in the seventies with amateurs that I can tear up just thinking about.
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If I learned anything from the Army, it was about being able to get things done, no matter how tough the assignment, and it served me later in life.
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War has been good to me from a financial standpoint but I don't want to make money that way. I don't want blood money.
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If we want people to vote, we need to make it a larger part of their self-image.
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You eat and sleep it all day long and play on the streets until mom calls you in. My story is no different than anybody else's.
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It's abhorrent to me that somebody is just evil, and you can't explain it.
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I think happiness is a combination of pleasure, engagement and meaningfulness.
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I'm not really a fan of healthy food - I love eating! But, of course, I do work out.
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Citizens United opened a door that's frustrated anyone who's looking.
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Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.
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American agents... are the only persons authorized to hold councils of a political nature.
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I got into hip hop from my uncle; he was always playing us Kool G Rap and Big Daddy Kane. He was a bad boy, and my mum was not really happy that I was hanging out with him.
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Some writers are more natural public performers than others; personally I find it quite strange giving interviews. But everyone has parts of their job that they like more than others. You can't complain if you get to do what you love doing most of the time, can you?
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But don't call me an actor. I'm just a worker. I am an entertainer. Don't say that what I am doing is art.
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Some Muslim children, both male and female, have little choice in who to marry, what to study, what their careers will be, and who they can socialise with. Their lives are constrained under the expectations of family 'honour.'
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Dad was a retired chemist who, in his 60s, fathered and fed me and my two sisters while Mum worked as a secretary. He made us curries, Chinese meals and strange concoctions. He was often unsuccessful.
