Lenny Abrahamson Quotes
I'm fascinated by people who have to reinvent themselves. I did it a few times - I was going to be a physicist before I was passionate about philosophy - and I realized that one more change, and I'm going to start looking like a dilettante.
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Sometimes a role might be difficult on my throat.
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Our music doesn't make many compromises, but we take it into a venue that's larger than people expect.
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By the end of high school, I would do shows at the theater at night and then take the train home and go to school the next morning.
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The point is to change one's life. The point is not to give some vent to the emotions that have been destroying one; the point is so to act that one can master them now.
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I have always been driven; I've always wanted to be published, and I wanted to make that happen, so I worked very hard. 'Perfectionist' would be a word to describe me.
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You mustn't upstage the bride.
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Nobody should be sent indefinitely into detention; everybody should have their day in court.
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I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long.
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Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
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The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.
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If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences.
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My mother is a beautiful writer. Writing letters back and forth with her was an athletic endeavor, and it became something I really looked forward to.
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In the 5 years, well over 60,000 American families have been broken apart by the absence of insurance because the only way for parents to get treatment for their children is to turn the custody of those children over to the State.
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Plus, there were so many pianos in my house, so I couldn't really avoid it.
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That's why I talk about the breast cancer: because I want women - and everyone - to stay on top of things and get checked. I know how scary it can be. When I dealt with it, I was like, 'Oh my God.' And I have so many other friends who have gone through it or have suffered a loss.
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I'm English, and I started off as a songwriter, so I can't really escape that - it's there.
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Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.
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I don't have to be a size zero anymore. But I still want to feel and look good.
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It's fun to be on the edge. I think you do your best work when you take chances, when you're not safe, when you're not in the middle of the road, at least for me, anyway.
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I don't 'handle' people. It's so much easier to manipulate actors than to really have an earnest discussion with them. It's very easy to say whatever's going to appease them and then turn around and do whatever you want to do. It's difficult to be forthright with people, because the job does not lend itself to that.
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Intellectuals would be much more accepted now than in the '40s.
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In high school, I was one of the cofounders of New Kids on the Block my freshman year in high school. But I also started studying theatre in high school my freshman year as well. So throughout high school, I was actually doing both.
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It's counterproductive. The problem with sentimentality is that it kills the emotion.
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I'm fascinated by people who have to reinvent themselves. I did it a few times - I was going to be a physicist before I was passionate about philosophy - and I realized that one more change, and I'm going to start looking like a dilettante.
