Laurie Metcalf Quotes
I tend to root for characters who have a lot of negative qualities, but what's driving them forward is their passion. They're on a mission, and maybe their approach is misguided, but you can't fault them for giving 150%.
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The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.
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I don't really write jokes down. I tend to have a premise that I work out and test on stage.
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When you're young and queer and closeted, you can end up in this place where you regard your straight peers as the enemy.
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I think a lot of playwrights have a script in their bottom drawer that hopefully no one will ever see about a bunch of young people sharing a flat and getting up to crazy stuff.
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I know a lot of people who use the Internet really wisely. It enriches their lives in some way.
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I know I could be the host of 'SportsCenter' in two years if I changed my show today to sports.
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Everybody is improving but I am improving slowly, which seemingly widens our distance.
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I'm really interested in how conflicts arise and how they reach points of no return. I'm no pacifist. Sometimes force is necessary. But war is a choice.
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I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.
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A lot of things come with fame, whether it's losing friends or losing family.
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It's a constant challenge trying to find balance between styling, designing and being a mom.
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I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't.
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I complained to my mother about wanting to look less like myself and more like my friends. My mother then gave me a lesson in embracing my differences and loving them despite what others said.
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Your audience gives you everything you need. They tell you. There is no director who can direct you like an audience.
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I write novels and other things.
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I don't want to be a poster child for cancer.
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A lot of people are surprised to hear that an actor studied for two or three years. They take the craft for granted and wanna just wake up and be an actor.
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Richard III is not likeable. Macbeth is not likeable. Hamlet is not likeable. And yet you can't take your eyes off them. I'm far more interested in that than I am in any sort of likeability.
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Fair treatment in the work force is no longer exclusively a labor issue, nor is it a women's issue - it is a fundamental economic issue.
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God gives us His strength by giving us His vision of things. Our seeing people as innocent is the only way to achieve God’s peace.
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We have come into this exquisite world to experience ever and ever more deeply our divine courage, freedom and light!
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My wireless transmitter does not use Hertzian waves, which are a grievous myth, but sound waves in the aether.
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I tend to root for characters who have a lot of negative qualities, but what's driving them forward is their passion. They're on a mission, and maybe their approach is misguided, but you can't fault them for giving 150%.
