Laura Benanti Quotes

My parents were in 'Brigadoon' on Broadway when I was a couple of years old.

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• I am neither a Bengali nor am I from Delhi's St Stephen's. I am an Allahabad boy.

  

  Vikas Swarup
  • Boy
  • Delhi
  • Bengali

• It's a shame in a way that people come and go with one album.

  

  Marc Almond Soft Cell
  • People
  • Shame
  • Come And Go

• Nobody is bothered about an institution more than its alumni.

  

  N. R. Narayana Murthy
  • More
  • Nobody
  • Alumni

• Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Life
  • Real
  • Desire

• Feature filmmaking is a very powerful medium. It has a hold on me now.

  

  R. J. Cutler
  • Me
  • Powerful
  • Hold

• Evolution happens in nature and in individuals. I want to participate actively in its happening within me.

  

  Victoria Moran
  • Nature
  • Evolution
  • Individuals

• I didn't grow up listening to The Smiths, but now I am a fan. I love his music and listened to so much of it for the film. It's not a regular biopic; they picked a part of his life that people don't really know about. You learn what informs his lyrics.

  

  Jack Lowden
  • People
  • Life
  • Up

• My personal style reflects my music. My music and how I dress is just how I express myself; it's just me. My music is urban pop, and my style of dressing is urban but still girly. I like that combination. The contrast is very nice.

  

  Becky G
  • Music
  • Nice
  • Myself

• Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.

  

  Aaron Sorkin
  • People
  • Time
  • Day

• God is a freaking character, with enough foibles, tantrums, and paradoxical behaviors to supply a thousand screenplays. But who do you cast?

  

  Walter Kirn
  • God
  • Character
  • Enough

• I always loved advertising. If I hadn't been in fashion, I'd have been in advertising.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
  • Fashion
  • Loved
  • Advertising

• More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Men
  • Earth
  • Taken

• Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves.

  

  Aaron Swartz
  • Power
  • Want
  • Information

• Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.

  

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
  • Character
  • Wisdom
  • Looking

• 'Motorcycle Diaries' had the best costumes - that battered jacket and those linen shirts. I wear linen shirts in real life, too, and I have a nice, simple number I got handed down. As a father, you just stop buying stuff for yourself. It's all for the kids.

  

  Gael Garcia Bernal
  • Life
  • Real
  • Kids

• Growing up, there were TV shows that were very funny but very traditional. Classic things like 'Fawlty Towers,' obviously, and 'Blackadder' were pretty traditionally shot. And then there were the ones that start to break the mold or be really ambitious. The ones that spring particularly to mind would be 'The Young Ones.'

  

  Edgar Wright
  • Up
  • Mind
  • Pretty

• Sound as medium has an incredible elasticity. So, of course, it is tempting for artists of other fields to try something with sounds. Why not? We are living in the age when there is no limit in gathering all forms of art and music to mix it together if you so desire.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Music
  • Why
  • Art

• If I was Sean Connery, I would have been macho.

  

  Patrick Macnee
  • Would
  • Been
  • Macho

• It's emotional for artists who are women and people of color to have less value placed on our worldview.

  

  Ava DuVernay
  • People
  • Women
  • Value

• If you repeat yourself, then I think you're in danger of losing that fan base, because if you're not interesting yourselves, you're not interesting your audience.

  

  Martin Gore Depeche Mode
  • Interesting

• Learning to accept failure on multiple levels is, to my way of thinking, the key to become a world-class therapist. But that means humility, and setting your ego aside, while you develop superb new technical skills.

  

  David D. Burns
  • World
  • Thinking
  • Learning

• I was the muse of Tom Ford and Gucci for years, but that was a long time ago.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Time
  • Long
  • Gucci

• When my sister was diagnosed with cancer in 1989, her doctor told her that the cancer had probably been in her system for 10 years. By the time cancer's diagnosed, it's usually been around for quite a while.

  

  Marianne Williamson
  • Time
  • Cancer
  • Sister

• My parents were in 'Brigadoon' on Broadway when I was a couple of years old.

  

  Laura Benanti
  • Parents
  • Couple
  • Years