Alex Borstein Quotes
Television and film acting is really fun because you are working with other people and you are not completely responsible for the outcome of the project.
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You don't always get to work as much as you like, because I'm waiting to find things that I care about. Sometimes that's frustrating.
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'Lovejoy' has a special place in my heart because it was through my efforts that the series first came to the screen.
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For me, the greatest good fortune I have being raised by actors is I came in knowing that a career is the ebb and flow.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.
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At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.
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All of the characters in my films, they share one commonality. It doesn't matter whether they are good or bad, it doesn't matter whether they are smart or stupid, these characters all take responsibility for their own behavior. I'm much the same.
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My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.
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It's hard for me to view Baltimore outside the context of what Baltimore has always been in my mind: a violent place.
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Alternate history fascinates me, as it fascinates all novelists, because 'What if?' is the big thing.
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I do believe that the coal industry sees the cultural shift toward cleaner energy and global warming solutions as a threat to their interests.
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If my career path takes me elsewhere, that's great. But comedy is my forte.
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It excites me to go to a movie and be reminded that I'm human, and I'm filled with opposites, and I'm built with flaws. Part of growth and healing is recognizing that.
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What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
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I try to basically keep my opinions to myself when it comes to people who are charged with crimes that I don't know anything about.
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The heavier crop is ever in others' fields.
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Themes only arise after a novel is written, and people begin to try to talk about it.
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My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated.
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The TV business is soul crushing, talent destroying and human being destroying.
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I think something very weird's going on now, 'cause the power that is permitted to youth is quite extraordinary. And they are sort of run by that kind of power.
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A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.
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No matter how strong and dedicated a leader may be, he must find root and strength amongst the people. He alone cannot save a nation. He may guide, he may set the tone, he may dedicate himself and risk his life, but only the people may save themselves.
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I always believe that most people could do it. I mean obviously I didn't just sit and stand. I used to love cradling the gun and just posing with the hand cocked ready to fire the gun, and the costume helped a great deal.
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Television and film acting is really fun because you are working with other people and you are not completely responsible for the outcome of the project.
