Laura Benanti Quotes
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I am neither a Bengali nor am I from Delhi's St Stephen's. I am an Allahabad boy.
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It's a shame in a way that people come and go with one album.
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Nobody is bothered about an institution more than its alumni.
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Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
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Feature filmmaking is a very powerful medium. It has a hold on me now.
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Evolution happens in nature and in individuals. I want to participate actively in its happening within me.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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God is a freaking character, with enough foibles, tantrums, and paradoxical behaviors to supply a thousand screenplays. But who do you cast?
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I always loved advertising. If I hadn't been in fashion, I'd have been in advertising.
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More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.
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Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves.
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Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
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'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.
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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.'
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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.
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If I was Sean Connery, I would have been macho.
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Some old people, they remember that they used to play clarinet, and they remember the squeaks of the clarinet. But I don't play like that.
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My family is full of musicians, and a couple of times a year we get together and jam at my cousin's studio. We improvise and have a great time.
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Learn from the masses, and then teach them.
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I'm a socialist. I'm amazed at how the spirit of socialism is alive and well in New York. I had always thought I wouldn't want to be here without a lot of money, but I was wrong about that.
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My parents were in 'Brigadoon' on Broadway when I was a couple of years old.
