Anne Enright Quotes
I love the characters not knowing everything and the reader knowing more than them. There's more mischief in that and more room for seriousness, too.
Quotes to Explore
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I do this acting thing mostly for myself. I like to make a connection and communicate with the audience to make myself feel less lonely. I also do it to develop my own character, so sometimes I do it to just be away in a certain area that I've never been to. But mostly, the story has to do something for me.
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People are obsessed with my haircut; everyone wants to do something with my hair before the ceremony. Very senior figures tell me their hairstylist wants to do my hair for free. It's surprising. People from television are interested almost exclusively in aspects of my hair and my hairdresser.
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Jobs mean freedom for workers to support their families.
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I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and sword in my hands.
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What I look for in musicians is a sense of infinity.
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I grew up in a culturally radical home, where strong emotions were forbidden.
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Pre-show, I warm up my voice, stretch, do a little team huddle, and sometimes throw a shot of whiskey in there, too. After the show, I hang out at merch meeting people and signing things. After that, I usually try to see friends in whatever city we're in, or if I'm super beat, listen to a podcast and pass out.
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A lot of times, I'll get roles where it's the dumb blonde or the cheerleader, and I just have no interest - and it can be a great movie, it really can - or the mean girl; those things don't intrigue me much.
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I don't like Moscow. It's not my city.
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India has given me everything. It has made me Vijay Mallya.
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Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts.
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No news at 4:30 a.m. is good.
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We're just a bubble in a boiling pot.
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I wouldn't be face-washing anyone in real life. I'd be skating to the bench real fast to get away.
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I just don't want to be hampered by my own limitations.
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The interesting thing is that you don't often meet a poet who doesn't have a sense of humour, and some of them do keep it out of their poems because they're afraid of being seen as light versifiers.
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I get this anxiety in cities and places like that. When you grow up in kind of a small town and when you grow up around a lot of green and trees and nature and that sort of thing, sometimes I think it's a little mentally disconcerting to be around this concrete.
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When I first started singing - before 'Treat Me Like Fire' when I was working with a vocal coach - I realized that I wasn't even breathing when I was singing.
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It sounds really corny but I think that if you're beautiful inside it shows on the outside, for sure.
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I feel naked without earrings. I'll pass out twice. It feels like I'm missing a body part.
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Why is Iraq so easy to harm and so hard to help?
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I love the characters not knowing everything and the reader knowing more than them. There's more mischief in that and more room for seriousness, too.
