Anna Maxwell Martin Quotes
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Back in the mid '90s, I went to a film festival, and they were airing 'Central Park West' at the same time as this cute little romantic comedy movie called 'French Exit,' and I got to go from one theater where I was goofy, falling over myself, to this kind of evil vixen kind of character.
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Virtually everything that gets printed about me is wrong anyway, so it doesn't really matter what you say.
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I was really lucky to work at CBS news. I was blessed to be able to live my dream in many ways at CBS news.
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All of these mechanisms we have for celebrating are so double-edged. So much sorrow comes out of joy.
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Actually, my wine was served at the White House twice. Reagan must have been asleep when he ordered it.
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I almost laughed about the Machiavellian plans of the presidents of the United States.
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The acting bug just seemed to stick with me. I loved going to theatre school in college and continued to train in film classes and had been auditioning for T.V. and movie roles since I was in my late teens. My career has been slow and steady, and I kind of like it that way.
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A lot of children remember seeing cartoons, 'Pinocchio' or 'Bambi' or something that breaks their heart. I remember seeing 'The Blue Angel' and it breaking my heart. It was the first time I realised there was an adult world - that adults could damage each other or destroy each other emotionally.
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I'd like to make something about someone who hasn't existed so that I don't have to tread so carefully and can feel a little bit more creative freedom.
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The past always looks better than it was. It's only pleasant because it isn't here.
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My parents took me to a movie, and I remember wanting to sit apart from them for some reason. I wanted to be a big boy or whatever. I remember looking up on that screen. It was a movie about medieval knights. All I remember is saying, 'I want to do that. I want to make movies.'
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In my district, I know we have thousands of little creeks and streams, some of which only fill up when it rains. Nationwide, they're in the tens of thousands.
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Nothing should be noticed.
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Film is such a very good tool for communicating emotions, and all designers and creative people look to inspire an emotional response.
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Who does understand life?
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My mother is an amazing woman. Not only did she manage the entire household, she noticed a gift in each of her kids and instilled confidence in all of us that that gift would take us wherever we wanted to go.
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I was a naughty kid. Teachers did not like me much.
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Most of my songs are about insensitivity of some kind.
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You have an entire generation of kids who grew up with the idea that music is something that you can download for free.
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I'm not usually the guy who has people hiding in his bushes and saying, 'Will you love me forever and ever?'
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As the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, so the denial of God is the height of foolishness.
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The power of reading a great book is that you start thinking like the author. For those magical moments while you are immersed in the forests of Arden, you are William Shakespeare; while you are shipwrecked on Treasure Island, you are Robert Louis Stevenson; while you are communing with nature at Walden, you are Henry David Thoreau. You start to think like they think, feel like they feel, and use imagination as they would. Their references become your own, and you carry these with you long after you've turned the last page.
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Suffering does not necessarily ennoble you.
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I am shy - going to parties kills me.
