Lena Headey Quotes
I've never directed before, so I need to make sure that people know that I can. The movie that I've written, 'The Sophisticates,' is a... small ensemble comedy and I hope it's charming and funny.
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A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
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I've had self-esteem issues for a really, really long time. Plenty of people think I'm ugly, and plenty of people don't. But there's a moment when I'm modeling where I forget about my self-esteem issues and focus on what the photographer's telling me - and I feel pretty. And in that sense, it's selfish.
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Exposure to a diversity of disciplines has been exceptionally helpful to me.
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For every three scripts that you get through, one will be made, and that doesn't even necessarily mean that they're going to cast you in it.
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I'm interested in playing, not working.
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I feel there's enough seriousness in the world without seeing it in the theatre.
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China needs a powerful Europe, but Europe can only be strong if each and every one of its members attains rapid economic development.
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I was sick and tired of being an English actor who did a lot of American movies because I was cheap and good.
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I love rock n' rollers.
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I'm obsessed with Radiohead. They're just the greatest band on the planet.
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I see myself as a composer who plays music and likes to play with other people, and not just as a solo artist.
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You have to love your body, respect it, and treat it well.
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If you were to come to the set of Alias, you'd know how silly we all are. And I mean, silly.
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As film-makers, it is very important for us to find common ground between cultures, and maybe that's less the case for politicians who benefit more from finding the conflicts and differences between us.
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I have seen that our best presidents were the do-nothing presidents: Millard Fillmore, Warren G. Harding. When you have a president who does things, we are all in serious trouble. If he does anything at all, if he gets up at night to go the bathroom, somehow, mystically, trouble will ensue.
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No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.
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No one wants to drown. Drowning would be the worst. Cause everyone knows that feeling. That feeling, oh it's the worst... when you think you're drowning.
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Don't be afraid to look silly.
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Going through chemo is a monster. You literally feel like you're dying every day.
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Most inventions are based on some prior history.
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We Americans can be rightly proud of the fact that the right to the free and unfettered exercise of religion is a primary principle in the vision and founding of our country. It defines us as a people, and has uniquely contributed to making this nation great.
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It's hard not to love Roomba. Roomba had such an amazing impact on the field. When we launched, we asked people, 'Is it a robot?' and got an overwhelming no - 'robots' have arms and legs; they command data. There was a very strong perception that robots had to look like people.
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You've got these big studio films and these tiny independent films now. It's very much either/or. With the independent films, it's always a beautiful risk - it might never be seen. With the studio films, you're conforming to the formula of what's always been in place.
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I've never directed before, so I need to make sure that people know that I can. The movie that I've written, 'The Sophisticates,' is a... small ensemble comedy and I hope it's charming and funny.
