Alicia Silverstone Quotes
I truly loved doing the videos, but it has been hard hearing all the time that you're just the Aerosmith chick.
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Since 9/11, there has been a huge leap in people wanting to get personally involved in public service and international affairs.
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Where having been an actor was extremely helpful to me was in casting. That's where I think a director who has acted can really shine, and casting is the most important thing you do.
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There's a different energy with a female director, a female at the head of the production. I don't prefer one over the other, but they're definitely different experiences, and I would love to have more of them.
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I get to travel, see the world, meet people and be independent. I feel blessed.
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You'll be fooled if you only get your hip-hop from the mainstream, you know. The things that move people are not just found in the mainstream cultures. And when we talk about hip-hop in general, hip-hop's basically preoccupied with life.
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Because the nights bring the threat of invasion and terror to the villages, thousands of children in northern Uganda have become night commuters, leaving the nightmare of capture behind for the safety of the city.
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I came to acting in a very circuitous way.
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My dad's a Jew, and my mom's a WASP, so that should pretty much say it all. It was a comically dysfunctional family.
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I was born in 1952 in Chidambaram, an ancient temple town in Tamil Nadu best known for its temple of Nataraja, the lord of dance.
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Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's okay to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.
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Happiness is knowing and appreciating what you've got. I am very, very, very grateful for what, to me, is dead easy.
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Nothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing.
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When I get dolled up to go out, men turn their heads and I'm used to it. But I think all women are sexy and should embrace that side of themselves.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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I think that marriage of music and picture is so vital, especially in a film that's almost exclusively exteriors.
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You get rid of the fear of death by understanding that it is an integral fact of our existence. You do that through will and reason.
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People always give me styling products and stuff.
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My goal is just to make movies, whether they're big or small, that I'd like to see 10 years from now.
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One of my first favourite records of all time, as a kid, was 'Tommy' by the Who. Now that wasn't really a soundtrack, but it was.
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When it comes to clothing, I've got one really hard and fast rule: never wear beige. That's such an old-lady colour.
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We need to have a strong economy that can create employment opportunities and that can also produce the revenue that we need to defend our country at home and abroad.
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If the opportunities are not being presented to me, I'm going to take the reins and do it. Brit Marling was not waiting for the phone to ring. The great roles are not there to be had. If you have an idea, do it.
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When I was 14, I came to school in London. I remember it was very cold, but also having to adjust and become fluent in English.
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I truly loved doing the videos, but it has been hard hearing all the time that you're just the Aerosmith chick.
