Alison Pill Quotes
I'm an actor, but I'm also a feminist, and a lot of times in movies there are things that I cannot imagine happening that are on the screen and totally accepted. And I just go, 'Whaaat?'
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I think studies are really important and shouldn't be compromised.
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No, and I never, ever eat in between the meals. I control it well enough and with no pills, and I sleep seven hours a night. I go to bed. I fall asleep, and I wake up seven hours later, and this is the most important.
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The reality is that it's harder to recruit pediatric subspecialists if you're not recruiting them for a children's hospital.
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Actor's life is very long.
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As a competitor, I want to continue to keep turning the chapters and keep challenging myself.
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I grew up in Arizona, but I moved to L.A. when I was 18 to model. I was doing work for American Apparel and then got cast in the Yeezus tour. Vanessa Beecroft did the creative direction, and they hired three American Apparel models and nine dancers - it wasn't a lot of dancing; we were mostly just walking.
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When I was 3, my parents strapped on a pair of Playskool plastic roller skates to my feet, and that's where the story begins.
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My grandma passed in '78, and that's the year I started recording. It's also the year that my dad retired from his career. So it's funny how torches get passed on, and you feel a responsibility to be connected to the music that they did and try to carry it on in your own way.
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Obviously fashion is a completely different world from football.
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Monks are not expected to speak about themselves; the message is important, not the person.
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When I was young, all the books were about a Mary Jane and the football player and the prom and ending up with the quiet guy and making your mom happy.
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The word processor is a better tool than a quill pen because you can do so much more with it, but on the other hand, what you have to say and how you say it is the ultimate determination.
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Usually when you get a script from actors, you don't have high expectations.
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I've had good times and bad times. That's me. That's how I am.
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I wrote my first play as extra credit for my fourth grade English class. 'Can Helen Stop Smoking' was a satire on the ill effects of cigarette smoking. My friend Vicki Haugabrook played as Helen and I directed the show. At the time, my brother Vince was leading the campaign to get our grandmother to quit.
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Pets, like their owners, tend to expand a little over the Christmas period.
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I never refused my help to any person black or white; and I liked the office nonetheless because there were neither fees nor salary connected with it.
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I've had a long line of failed television programs, pilots that were never picked up, series that didn't go very long. I've learned that there's really nothing you can do. If it's not in my control, I try not to worry about it.
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In whichever way my music can get out there, I'm just like, 'Sure.' It's also through the TV synch licenses that I've been surviving. I don't really make money through record sales. I used to be really picky: 'No, I don't want it to be the song of a commercial,' but nowadays it's what you need to do to get the song out as much as you can.
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I like to dress for my shape - I think it's important for women to do that generally - it makes me feel good.
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I am not a religious person, but I am spiritual. But I don't believe in things like guilt.
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When I was 7 years old, I plagiarized, word for word, stories from science fiction magazines so my teachers would think I was smart.
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More academics should blog, post videos, post audio, post lectures, offer articles and more. You'll enjoy it: I've had threats and blackmail, abuse, smears and formal complaints with forged documentation.
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I'm an actor, but I'm also a feminist, and a lot of times in movies there are things that I cannot imagine happening that are on the screen and totally accepted. And I just go, 'Whaaat?'
