Alexandra Bracken Quotes
The truth is, I love history and studied it in college, with a particular focus on early American history. My love is so deep, in fact, I went to school at The College of William & Mary in Colonial Williamsburg.
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I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.
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I try not to have favorites, but Barfly is one that I like. My favorite is always the one I just finished.
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The American Revolution was carried out in the name of the people, and it was supposedly 'We, the people,' who created the government that Americans still live under.
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In thinking about it, the villains often have a little bit more range because their morality is different. You can have just a really good time as an actor, and there is just more there that you can explore on that side of the story.
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When I was prepping for my Broadway debut as Romeo, it really hit me that I had never done that. I had trained at drama school for three years in my late teens to early 20s, and I'd studied Shakespeare, of course, but I hadn't actually performed it. So to do something like Romeo for my first Broadway role was a challenge.
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This business is based on numbers, and the numbers show that it's worth investing in female-driven and female-directed films.
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I take my kids to school... I make them breakfast. Unfortunately, dad is a big spoiler, and most days, I make four different breakfasts.
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Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute.
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The older I've gotten, the more the need to exert comedy no matter how tragic a character I may be portraying because they are essentials for presenting truth.
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On the one hand, the rich look askance at our continuing poverty - on the other, they warn us against their own methods.
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Comic book readers tend to be pretty secular and anti-authoritarian; nothing is above satire in their eyes.
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The devil made me do it.
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Death is a zero sum game for which there is no cure.
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I'm not into solos, I'm into lyrics.
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My mum's really short so she always wears really tall heels, and I used to steal them and now it's just a part of my everyday life.
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My wife attends a Presbyterian church.
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I've always felt so fortunate to have writing to turn to every day. I'm obsessed with it.
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There are no silos at 'Frontline.' Our digital team works with our filmmakers, and our filmmakers work with our digital team. They're always in touch, and they're always talking.
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I was an only child and grew up in York where my parents ran a surgical supplies shop. When I say I wish I had brothers and sisters, friends say it's not what it's cracked up to be, but I think it must be good to have someone who knew you from the beginning.
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I love fashion, but I don't really do shopping.
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I like to push people till I get the truth out of them.
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The thing about Spike Lee... that's a deep experience to work with someone who is that intense and knows their vision that well. The character I play in 'Red Hook Summer' is super country and super loud. I suppose he is some version of myself.
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The object of art - like every other product - creates a public which is sensitive to art and enjoys beauty.
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The truth is, I love history and studied it in college, with a particular focus on early American history. My love is so deep, in fact, I went to school at The College of William & Mary in Colonial Williamsburg.
