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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Born Berlin 1931, Germany, father a British diplomat, mother an American artist. Educated at various schools all over the world. 1958 Settled down to live in London. 1966 Became interested in photography through photographing my young children. No formal training.
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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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Manny Smith & Interscope CEO John Janick understand me and my vision for myself and also my label. Interscope gave me the opportunity to take over the game completely, and that's what I'm going to do.
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Pascal is called the founder of modern probability theory. He earns this title not only for the familiar correspondence with Fermat on games of chance, but also for his conception of decision theory, and because he was an instrument in the demolition of probabilism, a doctrine which would have precluded rational probability theory.
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I think that there should be a Gaius Baltar Award for Moral Cowardice given out to people every year.
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No dream is too big. No challenge is too great. Nothing we want for our future is beyond our reach.
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To me, writing is a considered act. It's something which is a great labor of thought and consideration.
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It would be great to do theater one day, but I don't think I'd do a musical.
