Lynn Nottage Quotes
The person whose work introduced me to the craft was Lorraine Hansberry. The person who taught me to love the craft was Tennessee Williams. The person who really taught me the power of the craft was August Wilson, and the person who taught me the political heft of the craft was Arthur Miller.
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Funny is an attitude.
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Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.
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I work so hard, but... everything just goes my way! It's insane!
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My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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I am not a great fan of computers. I do watch videos and analyse which batsman is playing how. Batsmen can play different shots on different days. A batsman may not play cover drives well, but if he connects with two such shots, he starts playing the drive well on that day.
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There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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I just make up lyrics off the top of my head. A lot of times, there's a phrase I really like, and I kind of build the song around that.
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I wear tweed jackets and button-down shirts. I am a 1955 graduate of Harvard University who drives a 1968 Mercedes.
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If you're conservative in Hollywood, you're on a list of people who need to be put in their place.
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I like 'The Three Musketeers.' I like those kind of cool things where they were having a robe and a sword.
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There is no one true church.
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You can condemn and criticize religion... all those things are fine, but you can't mock and disrespect people.
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You have to master not only the art of listening to your head, you must also master listening to your heart and listening to your gut.
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The nonphysical law allows you to use nonphysical causes to create nonphysical effects and also physical effects. This does not mean that you are not in control of what you create. On the contrary! It means that you are entirely free to create what you want, provided you are aware of how the nonphysical law of cause and effect works.
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Follow the fellow who follows a dream.
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I had to get out of America to get a professional life going where I could actually make a living.
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Because people see violence on the movie screen, they're not going to go out and hold up a liquor store and kill somebody. It really doesn't correlate.
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I love to watch how scientists' minds work.
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When the doctor said I had diabetes, I conjured images of languishing on a chaise longue nibbling chocolates. I have no idea why I thought this.
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I think every movie changes me and is life changing, especially movies you direct.
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We work the full year round to make 10 or 12 episodes, and 'The Good Wife' makes, like, 26 in that time or something, which I can't believe. I don't know how they do it.
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The person whose work introduced me to the craft was Lorraine Hansberry. The person who taught me to love the craft was Tennessee Williams. The person who really taught me the power of the craft was August Wilson, and the person who taught me the political heft of the craft was Arthur Miller.
