Lorraine Bracco Quotes
The truth in acting is that we are all hired help. We are a commodity. There is no difference between being an actor and pork bellies.
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I love to come in and play with a wig or glasses or clothes. I love using props. I'm from the Peter Sellers school of trying to prepare for the character.
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I teach my children that in life, there is no control of what tomorrow is going to bring. There really isn't. But in whatever it brings, we have choices, and I'm glad because I made more right choices than wrong, but in the wrong choices, there are lessons to be learned.
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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The American Revolution was carried out in the name of the people, and it was supposedly 'We, the people,' who created the government that Americans still live under.
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Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.
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You have to make the mistakes and have those failures in order to learn from them and grow and improve... But for me, the best way to combat any of that beating yourself up or overanalysing, the most important part is always to be prepared to the best of your ability.
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'The Omen,' 'The Exorcist,' those movies for me are the quintessential horror movies that still scare me as an adult.
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The beauty about living in Atlanta is that there aren't too many paparazzi here; you can just relax. And that really works for me and my children.
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People are intrigued when they discover you date a footballer - women especially.
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I think it would be bizarre to pick somebody to speak at the convention based on their sexual preference, because once you go down that road, why don't you pick a transvestite?
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I am an unrepentant tweetaholic. I use the communications service all day long to discover news, interesting tidbits and, of course, to flack the work of our tech and media news site, Re/code.
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The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.
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I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.
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In terms of 'Seinfeld', I think there's lot of reality in a show that's supposed to be about nothing.
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A great song should make you stop everything that you're doing. You should be so into it that you just can't imagine doing anything else for that moment. You wouldn't even dream of picking up the phone.
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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 think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.
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To be successful in struggle requires remembrance of the Creator and the doing of good deeds. This is important because successful struggle demands that there be a kind of social consciousness.
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Love is a great force in private life; it is indeed the greatest of all things; but love in public affairs does not work.
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I'm pursuing film and TV, and it's exciting because I feel I can write in almost any genre now.
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The devil put before me that I could not endure the trials of the religious life, because of my delicate nurture. I defended myself against him by alleging the trials which Christ endured, and that it was not much for me to suffer something for His sake; besides, He would help me to bear it.
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In politics, my role model would be a very weird one - our second emperor, Pedro the Second. He was a person with no vanity. He cared a lot about the public interest. He cared a lot about Brazil evolving as an important country. And he didn't ask much for himself. He was ousted from power, and he lived with the help of friends in Paris.
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Every year it's one more step closer, and then at the end you get to the top and you fall back down. It's crazy.
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The truth in acting is that we are all hired help. We are a commodity. There is no difference between being an actor and pork bellies.
