Holly Hunter Quotes
Sometimes I go, 'Wow, this is a director I really, really want to work with,' like David Cronenberg. I haunted David Cronenberg for years before, and then he offered me a role.
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At the beginning of all experimental work stands the choice of the appropriate technique of investigation.
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What's great about stand-up is that you can say whatever you want and go around the country, and sometimes the world, and work on it and see how people react. You don't need Standards & Practices or notes from lawyers or producers to tell you what's funny.
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Well if somebody's giving me a script, I'll consider it. But it's not something I'm chasing.
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Getting into the residential investment business entails lots of renovation work.
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Microsoft's Windows 3.1, released in 1992, was the first truly successful edition of Windows and juiced the Redmond juggernaut. Apple's Macintosh System 7.5, released in 1994, was another in a string of versions that lacked key architectural features that the Mac didn't have until Steve Jobs returned and brought with him the code that became OS X.
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I want to play in as many theatres as possible, work with as many brilliant people as possible, but definitely do a new play.
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I have not cared for money, and I enjoy working. Money comes my way. People work hard so they get enough money. Or they work hard so they don't have to work hard later in life. But though I don't need money, I still work hard because I like what I am doing.
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I cannot imagine a more enjoyable place to work than in the Laboratory of Molecular Biology where I work.
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Republicans in Congress boosted the economy by cutting taxes and ending programs that don't work.
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I'm quite adept at writing two or sometimes even three stories at once. So if I get stuck on one story, I switch the next and let my subconscious work on unraveling any plot problems from another story.
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It is very difficult to work in another language, and it is also very challenging.
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Some people look for a certain structure in their lives that they're comfortable with. People who work hard on the road as truckers, people who work hard using their hands. Then there are people who are fortunate enough to have my life, people who play these characters who embody these qualities.
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When I did 'Don't Look Back,' I no longer had Time-Life looking over my shoulder, so I could kind of do it as I wanted, and it was like I was really correcting 'Jane.'
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An ideal day for me is a combination of a fun-exciting creative moment with work partners, some laughs and games with my kids, a good surf session, and great conversation with friends around a meal.
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I work with CEOs and their executive teams... and very few of these people are really indifferent about their employees or their customers.
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I have always believed in quality work.
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My work is like a dialogue between me and unseen powers, like alchemy.
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Smart authors, faced with storms, chose to create umbrellas. That's why a diverse group of authors banded together to create The Fiction Writer's Co-op, which will work to find innovative ways to promote each other's work and cheer each other on in a very competitive field.
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I'm happy that people have loved my film and my work. I have always let my work do the talking, and I guess I have proved to my critics that I'm not over.
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I can't be optimistic. I can be hopeful.
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I believe you are never past the point of creating opportunities for yourself.
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The most evil creatures don’t desire the destruction of everything-they only desire to exploit it for themselves.
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Sometimes I go, 'Wow, this is a director I really, really want to work with,' like David Cronenberg. I haunted David Cronenberg for years before, and then he offered me a role.
