Holly Hunter Quotes
I liked to carry the script into an audition because, for me, it reminded people that this was not the final performance. I'm still a work in progress.
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If there's anything worse than being 16, it's having parents visibly reliving their own teenage years in your anguished presence.
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I get a lot of influence from pro wrestling. People are like, 'Oh, it's fake.' But it's not about whether the guy wins or loses, it's about how he entertains you the whole time you're watching.
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I go to Malawi twice a year. It's where two of my children were adopted from, and I have a lot of projects there that I go and check up on and children who I look after. It's sort of a commitment that I've made to this country and the hundreds of thousands of children there who have been orphaned by AIDS.
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I came from nothing really to something; I came from the gutter to making the gutters.
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I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.
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A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provide they come close together.
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Men are domineering in rural Haryana, and that shows in sport, too.
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I don't work out and be healthy and want a strong body because I want to look good in a bikini. I do all of those things for me and for my health. I'm not going on the cover of 'Maxim' and 'FHM' because that's not me.
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When the word 'morality' comes up in connection with economics, income distribution and financial stability are usually the issues. Is it moral for rich countries to use such a high proportion of the world's resources or for investment bankers to earn large bonuses?
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In 2010, I sold my car, a Toyota Majester, for just a lakh-and-a-half to be able to feed my horses. It continues to be like a hole, where I put all my money.
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Roman's wife Sharon Tate had been murdered by Charles Manson the year before, but Roman had been through so much leaving the Warsaw ghetto that he was very strong and private.
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I have me. I have God. I have my son. Everything else is extra.
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I have such difficulty calming down - my stomach, my head, reality, everything. That is the reason I live in Faro.
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I was lucky enough to occasionally break out of that racist situation that prevails in the Hollywood film production community. But it was racist then and it will always be that way. It will never be otherwise.
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I feel like I'm married to what I do, to the streets. And I feel like when the streets are mad, it's serious.
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The political process is rough and tumble by definition, and being grounded in faith in a Higher Power has proven helpful in navigating the difficult terrain.
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I gambled and I lost. I failed in securing my options for this choice for myself, but I succeeded in verifying the Dark Age is still with us.
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The money was going to come and go, between a wife and the IRS. The thrill of beating the best field in golf is what will always stay with me.
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I always sang after every dinner or when we had people over or when we had a show in school. I just loved to be on stage and sing in front of people.
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Bunch together a group of people deliberately chosen for strong religious feelings, and you have a practical guarantee of dark morbidities expressed in crime, perversion, and insanity.
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If I can contribute to people having fun, I would feel very fulfilled as an artist.
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I came back to the hood and got in those streets and started doing whatever it took for me to provide.
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It's unthinkable not to love - you'd have a severe nervous breakdown. Or you'd have to be Philip Larkin.
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I liked to carry the script into an audition because, for me, it reminded people that this was not the final performance. I'm still a work in progress.
