Alison Elliott Quotes
I always wanted to be a character actor. I love watching movies where you don't recognize someone because they're so lost in the part.
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Being nervous isn't always the worst thing for me.
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I believe in monogamy if that's what a couple decides upon together, but it all depends on the personal history and culture of the two involved.
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I would dodge, not lie, in the national interest.
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The work environment on 'Battlestar Galactica' is unbelievable, and it's something that doesn't come along very often.
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I also love the zombie genre, my zombie fandom going way back to 'Night of the Living Dead.' And 'The Walking Dead' is truly the ultimate representation of that sensibility in the comic book genre.
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The flesh is the surface of the unknown.
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Touring is what you make it. I like to organise as much as possible myself.
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I believe in working with the hearts of people, and not locking them up.
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Let's dare to release our immature fantasies of a magically faultless U.S. system and a magically protected election process. We have been lucky as a nation, but sometimes continued luck depends on action.
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I cannot assume emotions I do not feel, and must describe Jerusalem as I found it. Since being here, I have read the accounts of several travellers, and in many cases the devotional rhapsodies – the ecstacies of awe and reverence – in which they indulge, strike me as forced and affected.
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I know that a lot of people take inspiration from the fact that I was just a common man with no film background who turned into a star.
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The commercial and subsidised theatre are intrinsically linked. I wouldn't have had the career I have had without the opportunities I had through the subsidised sector. However, I do think, in any walk of life, subsidy for the sake of subsidy is not always healthy.
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I'm not a big fan of a lot of government dollars going into research and development for private enterprises... and you're not going to see the House of Representatives, I'm certain, provide a lot of money for research and development for electric vehicles.
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It is in this sense that Franklin says, 'war is robbery, commerce is generally cheating.'
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All I ever wanted was to be a sexy bride, and actually, I think I've turned into a romantic bride.
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As a kid, I had a lot of energy; but the ballet lessons made me calm - this pleased my mother.
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Atari collapsed in '84, and I went freelance, and that was when I started spreading out and doing my own thing. I really cut loose and did a game called 'Trust and Betrayal', which was the first game solely about interpersonal relationships.
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But I've been surprised over the years. I mean, someone told me the other day that maybe 360 million people have played this game in the world. That's a lot of people.
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People like to say how much they like stuff, but with 'The Sunset Tree,' people shared stories about what it meant for them. And that stuff's so humbling and amazing.
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I come from an immigrant family, but I know no other nationality apart from British.
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Life is a game. Money is how we keep score.
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One of my favourite films is called 'Lacombe Lucien,' directed by Louis Malle. The lead character in that film, like the lead characters in many '70s and '80s films, has a moral ambiguity to him.
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I love the idea that somebody is going to compare me to my character or think that I am like my character when they see me. I feel like that is a role that I am willing to fulfill.
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I always wanted to be a character actor. I love watching movies where you don't recognize someone because they're so lost in the part.
