Lela Loren Quotes
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You can accomplish so many things with a negative outlook and low self-esteem if you just do it over and over and over again.
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Enrique Muricano isn't afraid to try something new, to take risks, to possibly fail, and in turn, set himself apart.
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I don't think that the black market's a new thing. It's always been a part of history, and it's been one of the ways that immigrants and disenfranchised people move into the middle class.
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I love evening tuberoses. My mother used to have tuberoses in her garden, and in the summers in Sacramento, it would get really hot and then cool down in the evenings. You'd walk up the driveway, and it made it feel like 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.'
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I don't feel like I've ever subscribed to the stereotypical notion of success. I've always equated success with having integrity, conducting yourself with compassion and honesty, and following your heart despite whether or not you ever make any money at it.
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Everybody has their own agenda, and that makes 'Power' a dark world. There aren't any really clean characters.
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I did commercial fishing in Alaska in college. I was the only girl on a fishing boat. It definitely tested so many aspects of my personality.
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I had fallen in love once with someone, and I remember it being so distinct, where after the first time they'd hug me, I never wanted another man to ever touch me ever again.
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One of the things I love about the character development in 'Power' is Courtney A. Kemp's subversive use of stereotype.
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Now, everyone has their talents, but working with props is not one of mine.
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Shane Johnson and I coincidently went to Whitman College. This is notable because Whitman is teeny-tiny, with only 1,200 students. He graduated the spring before I started, so we didn't know each other.
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Puerto Rican culture is very different from Mexican culture. Part of the Mexican psychology is the idea of being an immigrant or being illegal or being confused with that. That doesn't happen with Puerto Ricans, because you're a commonwealth.
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When I was unemployed, I hosted lots of dinner parties. Now I have time to make a pot of soup for the week - if I'm lucky!
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Before 'Power,' I got down to $86 in my bank account. I don't know if I feel successful as much as I feel relieved because for the first time in my life I'm not scared about how I'm going to pay my rent, and I can start to put money away.
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I'm from Sacramento, and I have no idea what growing up in a city is like.
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Usually we have pick-up shots to film after all the main work is done; sometimes we even do them after our wrap party. Just like when you're packing up and moving, it's the little things that end up taking the most time, and there is no romance in the clean up.
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I've noticed in the Caribbean culture, the women aren't submissive - they're very fiery.
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I'm one of those people who doesn't understand how it was that I went to bed at 3 o'clock in the morning or what I was doing. Like, I looked at 'Bon Appetit' magazine for three hours for things I'm never going to cook. Or I'm just on Pinterest for no logical reason.
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Professional creativity requires more than inspiration, talent, and discipline - it requires an endurance that few are aware of and even fewer have.
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I've always found men to be incredible allies, particularly with their perspective.
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'Power' is Andy Bean's first television job, ever. Talk about sticking the landing at first go!
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In the world of 'Power,' no good deed goes unpunished. I don't really look at it as karma in the world of 'Power.' Whenever any character thinks they're on safe ground, they get the world pulled up from under them.
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One of the wonderful things about 'Power' and why fans often say it makes their heart race is it's set up like a horror film because the audience is, like, four or five steps ahead of the characters.
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I live in Venice, where I can roll out of bed in my pajamas, so I tend to fly under the radar - and I hope that continues.