Alessandro Nivola Quotes
You have to be in movies that make money to be offered work. Basically that's the equation. There's no real way around that. That said, you don't ever make decisions solely for that reason.
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I didn't audition for 'SNL.' I sent in a tape to 'SNL' the year before I started writing there, but I got the job there through doing stand-up on Fallon.
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I never was for telephones. Just don't like them, that's all. Anybody wants to talk to you, they can come to see you.
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I live in a 'sky island,' a unique mountain valley environment where half the animal species of North America can be found.
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I'm never doing anything by rote. I'm only on thin ice, and I think that that's a good place to be. I feel like when you push yourself like that, the rewards can be pretty great.
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I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.
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I dare anybody to look at me and say I'm anorexic. I'm so totally not.
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If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.
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A cap on carbon is important because it sets a specific goal for reducing carbon emissions 80% by 2050.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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It's a huge step up from the European Indoor Championships to being world outdoor gold medallist.
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I am a bit of a Cheap Pete, but I do spend a fortune on books and false moustaches and practical jokes.
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There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.
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I think everyone knows the news has become ridiculous. It's entertainment driven.
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I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
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The first job of a writer is to be honest.
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I just love music, and I absorbed what I love.
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The voices on the record, that was trying to treat my voice like guitar players treat guitar tones.
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Satire is a form of social control, it's what you do. It's not personal. It's a job.
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Abundance and vigor of automatic movements are desirable, and even a considerable degree of restlessness is a good sign in young children.
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A lot of people might think the job of a model isn't necessary anymore, but just like an actor, singer - how they make you feel a certain way - how watching a dancer gives you emotion, models can do the exact same thing to many different people.
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I would like to have a second chance at my first love.
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I could have made a lot of money doing 'Golden Girls,' and I would have been good. But the image of it! And for me to work with Betty White every day would be like taking cyanide.
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I think George Mitchell was the right guy for the right time, and many people will note his spectacular foreign policy accomplishments, both in and out of office. I think all would note his devotion to Maine; that was number one. The fact he did work in a bipartisan basis with Bill Cohen. And for me, he helped the first Democratic woman get elected.
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You have to be in movies that make money to be offered work. Basically that's the equation. There's no real way around that. That said, you don't ever make decisions solely for that reason.
