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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Oh my heart, there is another way to love. Do not love the gift for what the gift is. Love the gift for Who it came from.
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Can you blame them? We have to filter so much information these days. But it does make it difficult for an artist. I'm 46 years old now. I've had a lot of life experience and my voice has changed. People who expect the same old me are bound to be disappointed.
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All the lonely people, where do they all come from?
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When he has the power to see things detached from self-interest and from the insistent claims of the lust of the senses, then alone can he have the true vision of the beauty that is everywhere.
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I have some realistic humility which comes from my first career as a writer. I wrote for other people for ten years. I saw some incredible egos not based on any reality. They were great when they were on top and awful when they weren't. I learned a lot about how to treat people.
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It would be great to do theater one day, but I don't think I'd do a musical.
