Laurie Metcalf Quotes
I'm happy whenever I'm in a rehearsal room. I've always gotten all my energy and creativity in there.Laurie Metcalf
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For someone with a background of economic justice, what scared me about climate change is not just that the sea level will rise and we'll have more storms - it's how this intersects with that cocktail of inequality and racism.
Naomi Klein -
My history teacher was utterly terrifying, but her lessons were very inspiring. She got me interested in people and stories, which then led me to acting.
Laura Carmichael -
In my household, a Trapper-Keeper was too expensive - we had plain old three-ring notebooks - and I always wanted a Trapper-Keeper.
Maggie Carey -
If we keep an open mind, too much is likely to fall into it.
Natalie Clifford Barney -
At some particular time, when I was 14 years old, I've done something that people didn't expect.
Nadia Comaneci -
Hack fiction exploits curiosity without really satisfying it or making connections between it and anything else in the world.
Vincent Canby
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There are few women in America that don't want to lose 5 pounds, but I refuse to let that thought dominate my life. And there are too many other real problems in the world - real obesity problems and real hunger problems - to worry that much about a few pounds that I'd like to lose.
Gail Simmons -
I had seen some films made about the underground music world in Tehran, and most of them were short documentaries about 30 or 40 minutes long. And I always wondered why they weren't publicized more. Really, their only flaw was they were short documentaries.
Bahman Ghobadi -
We live in a dark time. Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.
Tamora Pierce -
There's a lot of risk in putting what you suspect you really are into your music.
J. Tillman -
It's fine when you careen off disasters and terrifyingly bad reviews and rejection and all that stuff when you're young; your resilience is just terrific.
Harold Prince -
I'm an emotional actor. When I'm doing a scene, I really believe it. I live the part as long as I'm in the scene.
Victor Mature
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It's like the brooding hen sitting over a china egg.
Navjot Singh Sidhu -
Human well-being is not a random phenomenon. It depends on many factors - ranging from genetics and neurobiology to sociology and economics. But, clearly, there are scientific truths to be known about how we can flourish in this world. Wherever we can have an impact on the well-being of others, questions of morality apply.
Sam Harris -
Singing and dancing is not just for the cast of 'Glee'. We can wake up doing both and have it be a natural expression of who we are.
Rainn Wilson -
The first job I got was this TV job in this show called 'The Unusuals.' Then I did a play called 'Slipping,' and at the same time I was rehearsing another play at Playwrights Horizons, and that kind of snowballed into a bunch of plays.
Adam Driver -
I work all day, do research, sketch my ideas, prepare for performances.
Lady Gaga -
The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.
Edgar Fiedler
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I've always admitted that I'm ruled by my passions.
Elizabeth Taylor -
The only thing that makes me crazier than writing is not writing.
Sara Gruen -
Rule books tell people what to do. Frameworks guide people how to act. Rule books insist on discipline. Frameworks allow for creativity.
Simon Sinek -
Everyone brings their own particular skill set to the job, and acting training can work for a lot of actors, and it can't. I've seen a lot of really good actors go into acting schools and then come out a little bit corrupted.
Xavier Samuel -
I'm happy whenever I'm in a rehearsal room. I've always gotten all my energy and creativity in there.
Laurie Metcalf