Alia Shawkat (Alia Martine Shawkat) Quotes
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Loyalty will not permit envy, hate, and uncharitableness to creep into our public thinking.
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I've been to a few conventions, you know, when the tax man knocks at the door and the 'Star Wars' convention people say: 'Do you want to come and sign some autographs?'
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I don't care whether people like me or dislike me. I'm not on earth to win a popularity contest. I'm here to be the best human being I possibly can be.
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I was supposed to be a doctor. I was supposed to go to Princeton. And everything I was supposed to do I didn't.
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The term 'personal ambition' immediately puts me off. It feels like finding a sliver of onion in my ice cream. There's nothing wrong with a sliver of onion, but I don't want it in my ice cream.
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Oh, I find it very easy to fall in love.
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If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind.
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I feel I will always have that spirit bear with me, so I will always feel protected.
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I am not gay; I don't have a relationship with Ricky Martin.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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Not all offers I get are exciting and inspiring. I would rather sit at home and not work than jump into mediocrity for the sake of just moving ahead. If it's a good script, I would sacrifice my personal time and grab it.
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Anytime you spend 15 or 16 hours a day with someone, five days a week for six months, that's more time than some people spend with their own families, so it does affect the dynamic between the actors.
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Blackbeard is probably the most infamous pirate who ever lived. He's one of those characters for which most of your work is done before you start.
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It's really hard not to fall into that trap of insecurity when you're a model. Beforehand, I never looked at myself in a huge monitor with 30 people around it every day.
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I have already reached out to the janata, and I am only trying to acquaint myself with people's problems.
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I always wanted to be an actress. It's been very high up on my list of passions, and I did a couple of short courses, and I've studied at school.
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I love Canada. Canada is a great neighbour. Canada has been a great friend and neighbor for many, many years.
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With kiting, you have to land a trick, and in that instant you know whether you won or lost - I knew I could become the best in the world if I trained. But with acting, there are different variations; there's not a right or wrong way. It's so hard because it's so out of your hands. I have no idea what's going to happen!
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I try as much as possible to give you a great basic product and what comes out, I feel, is really amazing.
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The trouble is that neutrality is confused with hostility. We're not disrupting churches, or interrupting people's prayers. We're not fighting religion.
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I tried college for three months but I was desperately unhappy. I just wanted to perform. I was getting straight As but I had no friends and cried every day.
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I haven't done as many films as I would have liked.
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I've never been in the studio world; TV is as close as I get to the more corporate approach to making entertainment.
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Mitch Hurwitz was like a father figure to me. He was so sweet, and he's just so smart.
