Holly Hunter Quotes
In the life of a director - these days in particular - when it really does take so long to do a movie, with a few exceptions, actors may never work with a director again, even if they're great friends.
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I am a proud Zionist. I can tell you about every blossom that grows in this land. I know the history and the Bible.
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I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.
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I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
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To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.
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When I was in college, I learned to really take care of my body and figured out what works best for me and what doesn't work for me when it comes to my nutrition. That helped so much on the field because soccer is such a fitness-oriented game.
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Like a lot of Irish households we read a lot of Irish history. It was almost Soviet, raising the next generation with a mythic view of their history.
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It's always difficult with the superhero stuff because you're working with characters who have been written by 100 to 200 people over the past 20 years, at least, so they never sound the same or act the same. The best approach is to try to draw the best fitting line through all of the interpretations.
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The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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Each of the bracelets I wear is from a long trip I've taken. One is from Nicaragua. One is from Nepal. One is from Guatemala. One is from Laos. They don't come off. I walk into a lot of very high-level boardrooms now, and I present to distinguished conferences, but these bracelets remind me of the places I've been and the people I've met.
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I'm sure my father had more to do with my career than I would like to give him credit for. I would love to think it was all me!
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It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it.
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Because of my own family's service (in the U.S. Army, Navy, and Massachusetts and New York National Guard), I am a strong supporter of the military and do believe that there are just wars.
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I study hard at Russian, which is a tough but most attractive language.
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At school I got teased because I was so thin and awkward-looking. But the girls on TV looked similar to me. I would say to my mum, 'The girls at school are teasing me, but I look like those girls on TV.'
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There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.
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Everything is creative. It's all relative to me. No matter what, you've gotta use your imagination, use your senses.
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There is a great difference between Christianity and religion at the south. If a man goes to the communion table, and pays money into the treasury of the church, no matter if it be the price of blood, he is called religious.
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Skid Row would probably be my favorite Jersey band.
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I work out once a day. When I'm in a massive dance show mode, I'll probably be active for about 20 hours each week.
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One must first be firmly set in oneself, one must stand securely on one's own two legs otherwise one cannot love at all.
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If critics have problems with my personal life, it's their problem. Anybody with half a brain would realize that it's the charts that count.
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In the life of a director - these days in particular - when it really does take so long to do a movie, with a few exceptions, actors may never work with a director again, even if they're great friends.
