Alia Shawkat (Alia Martine Shawkat) Quotes

I grew up in Palm Springs, California, which is a suburb like a desert town, and I love it.

Alia Shawkat

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I think what I do in my acting world and what I do in my standup world is bring up a brand that I want to bring across. Once you figure out your brand and what you do, it's kind of easy at that. You end up getting your audience.

J. B. Smoove
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- World
- End
Well, we like to let down our hair and pep it up at the dances, but we keep it slower when we broadcast. We have to please everybody, and that softer music appeals to the larger amount of people. It's like eating too much cake. You have to have your steak too.

Vaughn Monroe
- People
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- Music
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.

Hannah Arendt
- People
- Up
- Good
I gave up painting by 16. I secretly thought I would have been Rembrandt by then.

Damien Hirst
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- Thought
- Painting
Brad Pitt is a dude who just wants to make good movies. He's not afraid to surround himself with the greatest actors, which I always appreciate because I've also seen actors who only want to surround themselves with weak actors because it makes them look better. That ends up making a poorer movie.

Garret Dillahunt
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- Movie
Don't spend more than 10% of your marketing/PR budget on a trailer. Trailers have to be marketed, too. So, far too many authors wind up marketing their trailers instead of their books.

M. J. Rose
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- Wind
- Marketing