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 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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It isn't glamorous until after the film is finished, and you are at the premiere and getting your picture on the cover of magazines.
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If I'm on the road for Random House, I'm presenting a book with the hope people will buy it.
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I've stood in rooms in urban, rural, and suburban parts of my state and asked a room of middle class voters to raise their hands if the college debt of someone in their family is affecting their financial situation. Without exception, at least three quarters of the room will raise their hand.
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At the age of 16 I started performing with a dance band in the evenings and began earning more money than my father, but he was pleased for me.
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There really is something raw about sexuality that's real and good and we must continue to learn to not be ashamed of it. But - we have to honor the reality of practicing safer sex.
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Since 2010, America has put more people back to work than Europe, Japan, and all advanced economies combined.
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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.
