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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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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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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I have personally seen what a devastating medical condition can cost.
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As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you'll never see that your own mind is the Buddha.
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We don't sign an artist to fill a void, ever. I'll never find a Taylor Swift. You can't find a new Madonna, you cannot find a Prince, a Bob Marley, a John Lennon. You won't find another Kanye West. We simply deal with people as they walk in, and we say we either love them or we don't.
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People often complain that music is too ambiguous, that what they should think when they hear it is so unclear, whereas everyone understands words. With me, it is exactly the opposite, and not only with regard to an entire speech but also with individual words.
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'Freaks and Geeks' was my favorite show when it was on, by a wide measure. And that's the show I wanted to do. I noodled with the idea of doing a show about teenagers that told small stories, small moments of personal growth.
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I lost 'The X Factor,' and I lost 'Deal or No Deal' twice. I'm good at losing game shows.
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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.
