Ana de Armas Quotes
Moving to L.A. was hard. I had a career in Spain, and you have to forget your ego. I was a nobody again.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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I know some black actresses who have to wait every 19 films for a role. I can be cast in practically every one as a young white male.
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People just decided I was an R&B artist because I'm black.
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I've learned that for Indian people, the opportunity for us to succeed is very slim. So acting was a great tool for that. And in the process of learning about my culture, I've learned how to connect myself again to my ancestors.
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'The Voice' was the first real job I've ever had that wasn't just messing around with music.
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I love sailing but hate cruise ships.
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Indian hotels are doing well globally because they understand hospitality.
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Truth comes to us mediated by human love.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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Barack Obama's victories in 2008 and 2012 were dismissed by some of his critics as merely symbolic for African Americans. But there is nothing 'mere' about symbols.
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Generally speaking, historically in this country, the care of a child has been thought of as female business.
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Maybe one of the only things I do well: I cook like a maniac! I would be a chef if I weren't an actor.
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Fashion is supposed to be light and not try too hard.
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Companies that have strong graphic identities have built them through years of use.
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I don't recall ever desiring to go as fast as possible.
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What I've discovered and try to integrate into my show is when you're up there, and you are loud and more visible, you're setting a tone for how people can behave and how they can feel comfortable behaving.
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People are going to go where they get characters that they remember.
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Follow that will and that way which experience confirms to be your own.
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I can't believe I've turned into a typical old man. I can't believe it. I was young just minutes ago.
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The Pulitzer Prize is an idea; it's a vote of confidence. Like literature, it exists purely in the mind.
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I think movies moving forward are going to become long-form storytelling.
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I always think about my lifestyle when designing, so that's being a mother, being a career woman, being a wife, and being a woman who loves to entertain.
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I threw up before every single football game I played, and I did so up through my NFL career. It was good pressure. It was pressure to be good. It was pressure to be the best. It was pressure to want to win.
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Moving to L.A. was hard. I had a career in Spain, and you have to forget your ego. I was a nobody again.
