Alia Shawkat (Alia Martine Shawkat) Quotes
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I prefer drama; I think character-driven drama is my favorite kind of stuff to go watch, and I like being challenged by that kind of stuff in that way.
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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
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A career in showbiz is like a distance run. You have to have patience and pace yourself.
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Good design should be honest.
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I think back to some of the things Harry said and some of the things I said trying to be funny. If I said them now, it would be on the front page of every newspaper in the country.
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I did almost two years on 'One Life to Live,' so I was thinking, 'Oh yeah, I'm an actor now.'
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I do admit to being slightly in love with Christopher Walken.
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I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very seductive and a little dangerous.
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We want a marriage with our customers, not a relationship.
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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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The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.
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I did a lot of stunts, so the harness work isn't foreign to me either.
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I was raised doing martial arts.
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No hero is mortal till he dies.
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I like making sci-fi movies because I like watching sci-fi movies. I like watching horror. I like being in a horror movie. I'm a fan. My perspective's a little different just because I get to participate as well as spectate.
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I would love to be a dad. For the longest time, I've wanted kids, but you have to have the right setup, right?
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I think if you're a painter, you paint; if you're a golfer, you golf; if you're a fisherman, you fish; if you're a musician, you play music.
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I had a very long home birth. She was almost 10 pounds and did not want to come out.
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I'm not the kind of writer that goes, 'I'm gonna write a song about sunshine,' or, 'I've just heard a phrase, so I'm gonna write that,' and then I write a song. I'll wait for inspiration to hit, and you can't depend on it.
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I am an average mother in almost every way, so yes, much to my regret, I do yell at my children.
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The media chooses to portray the most extreme and violent aspects of a place. I do the opposite and portray the normality.
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I was brought up by two extremely intelligent people who gave me the greatest gift that man can give anyone, and that is freedom from fear.
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It would be great to do theater one day, but I don't think I'd do a musical.
