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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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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Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.
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In L.A., if you're an actor, your personal and professional lives are too intertwined.
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To-day, whatever may annoy,The word for me is Joy, just simple Joy.
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The University conceives of itself as dedicated to the power of the intellect. Its commitment is to the way of reason.
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I have never called myself an opera singer. Other people do, but I always call myself a classical singer. I'd love to do opera, but I'm still too young and I don't want to do it until I'm ready. I realise that when I do that it's going to be... up for discussion, shall we say, so I want to get it right.
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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.
