Adam McKay Quotes
Having a guy on a microphone yelling lines at you is counter to a lot of acting techniques.
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When you're not under a 'series regular' contract, and other jobs come up, you try to juggle everything.
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I'm typically single. I'm the girl who - I call it girl-next-door-itis - the hot guy is friends with and gets all his relationship advice from but never considers dating.
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With the price of life these days, you've got to get everything for free you can.
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In times of need, God can come to you in a myriad of disguises.
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
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The next step in my life is hopefully meeting a nice guy and getting married.
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If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
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You either get better, or you don't progress.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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Personally, the first year when I started making enough money just from acting - by that, I mean not doing anything else but acting - was around 2003.
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There's nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively.
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Oracle's latest database, version 12c, was specifically designed for the cloud. Oracle 12c makes all your Oracle applications multitenant applications without you having to make any changes whatsoever to your applications.
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The thing a drama school can't give you is instinct. It can sharpen instinct but that can't be taught, and you have to have intuition. It's an essential ingredient.
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I didn't get here for my acting... but I love show business.
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Eddie Murphy was my guy for a long time. My first exposure to 'SNL' was his 'Best Of' VHS, and I would watch it over and over again. He was one of the few people on the show to play with the live elements and engage with the audience.
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Womanhood is something you don't consider until it hits you.
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I always tell young actors to have a back-up. You don't want to find yourself at the age of 30 still struggling to make a living out of acting.
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In sport, if you want to be the best you have to compete against the best - I would much rather have come tenth and be judged against everyone than come first and be judged against just a few.
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I think in the acting world you either manage that transition to older roles, or you stick with what you've always done and then discover nobody can bear you doing it as an older person.
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Usually, you see this play as a guy who can't make up his mind, but our version is more of a revenge thriller than a man who is pontificating what he should do next. I've never seen a 'Hamlet' this big, this exciting, with this many cast members; it's quite a spectacle.
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'Economics for Everybody' begins with understanding God's principles for organizing His creation and what that means for us as creatures and stewards.
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If they're going to write a story they're going to write the story whether it's true or not.
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I await joyous surprises while working, an awakening of the materials that I work with and that my spirit develops.
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Having a guy on a microphone yelling lines at you is counter to a lot of acting techniques.
