Alice Braga Quotes
My father loved 'Godard and Truffaut.' He was more artsy. My mom loved the 'Bourne' trilogy; she likes big blockbusters. She loved that I did 'I Am Legend.' My passion for acting came with my passion for movies.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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It's like driving your car. If you drive too fast on the highway, you will topple, so you better maintain your speed. Life is similar to that, and that's the way you have to control your head.
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I'm an actor who wants to do great parts, and I've been very fortunate, for a long time, to get meaty roles, and sometimes some of them are meatier than others.
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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Writers shouldn't have lives that are interesting. It gets in the way of your work.
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I carried through well with my tennis. I got the respect by usage of the tennis racket.
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One hazard of our job on TV is people are always checking us out and noting every pound we've gained or haven't quite lost.
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The Internet is fascinating but also stupid in a way. You only see two-dimensional images, and you think you've seen it and know it.
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She wanted us to feel we were above everyone in the town. She really did tell us that we were related to Chief Justice John Marshall, and that may have been true. I never did bother to find out.
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There is a solid satisfaction in one's having and being conscious that he merits the good opinion of men of true discernment and real worth. But to have a name among the weak and the wicked is shame and reproach.
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We all go to the theater and cinema to be inspired and moved on an emotional level, sometimes to laughter, sometimes to tears. Once I discovered that acting could have such an effect, I was sold. It has been one of the most rewarding discoveries I have ever made.
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I threw my best to every hitter I faced, and I found I had the strength to go all the way.
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Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune.
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My goal is to hit the gym every day I'm on vacation. Usually I just end up sleeping and drinking beer.
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My marks were always bad, and I was a bad influence on other children, so they would explain to my mother that they could retain me only by being partial towards me, and so I should offer to leave the school myself. I would barely get 40-50% and was also extremely naughty.
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As an actor, I come to set, and I have already broken the character down by writing a poem about the character. I try to write in his voice, the way he would write it.
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Pain is never permanent.
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I do see value in music criticism. Most of the criticism I have received over the years has been very good.
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It [moviemaking] is like a dream. When you're dreaming, you make some very strange connections between some random stuff and random people.
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My mom is one of those women... she don't take no mess. She is very vocal about what she wants and what she doesn't want.
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If you are what you eat, in my case, I'd be sweet so come and get some.
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Well, basically I have a lot of friends because I've been in the business a long time and worked with a lot of people.
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My father loved 'Godard and Truffaut.' He was more artsy. My mom loved the 'Bourne' trilogy; she likes big blockbusters. She loved that I did 'I Am Legend.' My passion for acting came with my passion for movies.
