Parker Posey Quotes

Acting is a really strange thing to do; it's very strange.

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• But you know, I always said that no one else on my block was on the radio, and it was fun.

  

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• Individual goals never meant that much to me. The Heisman is no exception.

  

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• I don't blame other people for the rap that Christians have. A lot of Christians are just mental. A lot of Christians are more concerned with telling you where you're gonna go when you die than what you can have while you're here.

  

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• There is no self-knowledge but an historical one. No one knows what he himself is who does not know his fellow men, especially the most prominent one of the community, the master's master, the genius of the age.

  

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• The majority of work I do is in independent films, where you're lucky if you have five takes.

  

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• I can't understand artists that don't want to perform and, like, get on stage and do their songs for all their fans every night.

  

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• Change will not come from above, it will come from below, from the small and medium size businesspeople. They do dare to show their faces. They applaud us and help us financially.

  

  Vicente Fox
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• Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.

  

  Adam McKay
  • Time
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• I have been Fat Joe since I was a kid. It's always been my name and always will be.

  

  Fat Joe
  • Always
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• I was authorized to do everything that I did.

  

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• Little remnants from everywhere I've been are scattered around my home. I collect rocks in a weird way, with stones from around the world as mementos. I've also got three haranas, which are little guitars.

  

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• The great thing about 'The Office' and it being single-camera and the documentary style is that it's mostly a comedy, but 10 percent of it is, we get to show the existential angst that exists in the American workplace.

  

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• All human beings are, in fact, born with dozens of mutations their parents lacked, and a few of those mutations could well be lethal if we didn't have two copies of every gene, so one can pick up the slack if the other malfunctions.

  

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• When I'm ready, I plan to adopt. I still believe in family.

  

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• I personally don't think ginger men have a habit of being attractive. We have to make ourselves seem attractive by doing stuff.

  

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• The crisis of black politics can only be resolved through the development of multiclass, multiracial, progressive political structures.

  

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• I never saw 'Titanic' as a springboard for bigger films or bigger pay cheques. I knew it could have been that, but I knew it would have destroyed me.

  

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• I usually end up making a huge mess every morning when I get dressed. My outfit affects my whole day. I'm always running late, and I'm always trying to make sure I feel really good in what I'm wearing, because if you're wearing something you're not comfortable in, it ruins your day.

  

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• I like the idea of acting. Of all these things I've done, sometimes I think I've done well, and sometimes I think I didn't do well, but they are more cameos, and I come in and be crazy.

  

  Flea Red Hot Chili Peppers
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• It was so strange, coming from Nashville, Tennessee, where I was playing to 15 people, to going to London and playing in this crowded little dive pub. I know Tom Petty had a similar thing - I realize, on a lot larger scale.

  

  Caitlin Rose
  • People
  • Strange
  • Realizing

• Acting is a really strange thing to do; it's very strange.

  

  Parker Posey
  • Acting
  • Strange
  • Very