Alice Dellal Quotes
My brother and my dad always used to shave their hair, and I remember thinking, 'Why can't I do the same?'
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I had to endure the worst time of all in terms of racial discrimination in Hollywood when I first started out. It was inconcievable to American directors and producers that a Mexican woman could have a lead role.
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I've never been able to understand what they mean by 'Pinteresque,'. I'm sure it's indefinable.
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This is the people's money, and we need to use it on their priorities. Increasing the pay of members of Congress is not their priority.
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The late Seventies was the death of the manufacturing age in the United States. It was also a time when the Pictures Generation artists were getting started. They co-opted the language of advertising. The factory disappeared, and weirdly, so did the art object - it was the age of making gestures, not objects.
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Geffen was never supportive of the band.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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There are a lot of bad films out there. There's a lot of bad architecture out there, and I think sometimes it takes a lot of time to begin to see what's really good. And I think what the test seems to be is, what really sticks with you. And what really becomes a part of your life.
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I really was about to pass out during my entire wedding. I just didn't know if I could marry anybody.
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This flattery has been rather slow in coming. I think all of sudden late in life now I'm getting some credit for what I've done. Which is gratifying, but it's kind of a little late.
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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For the longest time, my older brother told me he was teaching me self-defense, but now that I'm grown up, I realize he was just practicing his martial arts on me.
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For too long, Japan has been dragging its feet as it ignores the steps the U.S. has made to ensure a safe beef supply and shows a disregard for our prior trade pacts.
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My mother took great relish in introducing me as 'This is my son - he's a doctor but not the kind that helps people.'
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I write a book a year while creating TV and film projects. And being a writer isn't just writing: I have to chase down paychecks and manage foreign tax payments. I maintain a vibrant relationship with readers and bloggers. And when it comes to Hollywood, I typically have to have fifteen business meetings in the hopes that one leads to a project.
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You can stroke people with words.
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Sexual dreams aren't usually about sex.
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I feel so much more comfortable when I'm working on material which makes other people scratch their heads and ask, 'You're going to make a musical out of that?'
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I am always a beginner. I only try to include different parts of life; the pastoral, the tragic, et cetera.
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I always loved going to Hawai'i; it was very, very special.
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I may have to shop with them. But on Sunday I don't want to have to worship with them. I want to be able to just be myself and let my hair down." It's also, of course, as we know, the seat of political organization and the affirming of your blackness and so on.
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Suburbia is all about private ownership and not having to share, and it leads to a paranoid, defensive mindset. I know this, having grown up in Essex.
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I am a very conscientious golfer. I count every stroke. I learned to play that way. That is the only way I can play. It taught me to be honest. There is no greater virtue than honesty.
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No memory of having starred atones for later disregard, or keeps the end from being hard.
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My brother and my dad always used to shave their hair, and I remember thinking, 'Why can't I do the same?'
