Yakov Smirnoff Quotes
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I'm not Cinderella.
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I believe that movies are fast becoming antique and dinosauric as a medium. Film is a medium for the over-40s and television has gone the same way. If you're going to look towards the new generation, then of course you're going to have to be a lot more random, spontaneous, irreverent and provocative with your programming.
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Singing, writing songs, is kind of my biggest fear, but it's the thing I feel I need to conquer.
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When I first started out, I was a bad actor.
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Feeling really safe as an actor is not a great thing because you're not learning or growing.
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Without being aware, I think I was being indoctrinated into what was called Vitalism, the idea that what makes life worth living, the good life, consists of accepting challenges, solving problems, discovery, personal growth, personal change.
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As I grew up in that world and saw how much it affected her world and how much it affected our childhood, it made me very aware of politics. Of course, I have my own private feelings and thoughts, but I don't care to share them.
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I was hired because I am Zsa Zsa Gabor, but when I go to work, directors try to force their methods on me. John Huston's intense, precise directions tortured me.
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You know something, if you're not acting, you're not an actor - you've gotta work. No way around it.
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It is the original idea that is unique, not the object itself.
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I constantly remind people that crime isn't solved by technology; it's solved by people.
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Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.
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I have a pickup truck. And I prefer to be with dogs or on my sailboat than in a car - actually, more than any other place on Earth.
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I'm very spiritual. I meditate every day. I don't know if that's surprising or not, but I've been doing that since I was 16 every day, so that's like kind of my thing. I'm really a hippie-chick at heart.
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I think having children is the most amazing thing.
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I even lived on campus to get the college experience. I had five roommates and I still keep in touch with them while I'm on the road.
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Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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A car is a killing machine. It's like waving a loaded gun. People don't realise how dangerous they are.
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Decide what your currency is early. Let go of what you will never have. People who do this are happier and sexier.
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Every different director has another language - for instance, Hitchcock does not like any bright color ever, unless the story says 'there goes the girl in a red dress.'
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Success has a simple formula: do your best, and people may like it.
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The script is the coloring book that you're given, and your job is to figure out how to color it in. And also when and where to color outside the lines.
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Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
