Amber Tamblyn Quotes
A business like acting is 90% luck. You can be a star one minute and out of work the next.
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I've been writing a lot of poetry recently. It helps me think and work things out.
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When I went to drama school, I knew I was at least as talented as other students, but because I was a black man and I wasn't pretty, I knew I would have to work my butt off to be the best that I would be, and to be noticed.
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Sofia Coppola is wonderful, and I'd love to work with her.
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The only really conscious decision I made was to cast my net wide and if the work was good, to do it.
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I've done fine in this business, but I've never made quite enough money to have a family or have many options.
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If you are playing someone living, it is a different type of judgment. However much work you do, it is not a documentary. There will be things you can't get right, and ultimately, you have to take a leap because - you weren't there.
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Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile.
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My scientific work is much more practically minded - to change something, to effect something. And the music I do is much more soft power, about changing minds.
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Have I done more business-related things to help my career grow? Yeah. I took the business end more seriously, hooked up with a manager, got some help, because at a certain point, you get frustrated when you go do auditions, and people say you did a great job, and then you don't get he part.
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All my life, people have asked me what I was so mad about. 'Why you so mad?' And I was never mad. I'm not mad, I just look mad.
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There's something to be said in favor of working in isolation in the real world.
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I work hard and support myself.
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I like to work hard and complete my films one after the other.
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I can't not be who I am.
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When you work on a record for three years, it's a great sense of relief when it is finally out in the world. It just feels good.
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I've always loved fashion and, of course, enjoyed my experiences walking on runways, but I love watching the shows as well! Now I understand more why it's such a big deal for the industry and why people work so hard before and during fashion weeks. It's interesting to see the same things from a different angle.
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Faith is not a sense, nor sight, nor reason, but taking God at His work.
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I've never seen hard work fail.
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If Europe does not return to the path of common sense, it will find itself laid low in a battle for its fate.
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Don't make being a girl or a victim part of your stand-up act. If you encounter sexism in the business, don't bring it on stage; it's not funny.
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I was a mindless eater. I ate for comfort. I also ate out of boredom and habit.
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I think the camera was always my obsession, the camera movements. Because for me it's the most important thing in the move, the camera, because without the camera, film is just a stage or television - nothing.
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Whether things get better or worse depends to a considerable extent on our own actions. The recommendation of a yoga practice follows the principle that through practice we can learn to stay present in every moment, and thereby achieve much that we were previously incapable of.
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A business like acting is 90% luck. You can be a star one minute and out of work the next.
