Ari Graynor Quotes
I'm such a theater geek. Most of my friends are in this community, and it's really important for me to keep doing it. It takes the ego out of acting, whereas movies tend to involve it.
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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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The first impression that I liked doing was an impression of Cheri Oteri's Barbara Walters impression on 'SNL.' I found that I could mimic that pretty well, and people got a kick out of that.
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I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrible.
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Banks are concerned the central bank is imposing too many regulations. If the trend continues, we'll swing to heavy regulation. We need to have balanced regulation to encourage the economy.
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You can't expect to make no effort. You still have to make the effort and be kind and understanding.
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Only those ignorant of what poetry means will ask the question: what is it good for?
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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If you feel bored or uncomfortable as you're writing, ask yourself what's bothering you and write about that. Sometimes your creative energy is like water in a kinked hose, and before thoughts can flow on the topic at hand, you have to straighten the hose by attending to whatever is preoccupying you.
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Humility is the gateway into the grace and the favor of God.
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I did my thesis on clowns. It's a powerful thing when you've got this little red nose on. It's a mask, the smallest in the world, but it unveils you. You stand up there and do these exercises that free you, let you play, and see what comes out. What comes out is the truth.
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Climate change is obviously happening and there is obviously a man-made contribution.
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We are all in this together. We will all make it or none of us will make it. If everyone cleans up their act except one big ole country, it isn't going to work.
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Modelling wasn't a passion of mine, so that made it get old kind of quickly. I was getting very frustrated.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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The secret is to make sure your family comes before anything else, because no matter what you do you've got to come home.
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I don't get tired of my work because you can't get tired of something you love and enjoy! But, having said that, I wish to get a break of four to five days, or at least three days, switch off my cell phone, and do what I want to.
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The way to resumption is to resume.
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Funniness is genetic.
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Wiping out is an underappreciated skill.
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If you've become a huge act and you're still doing the same music you wrote with your friends when you were making zero dollars, you're lazy.
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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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I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That's what makes me interested in them, that they didn't present themselves as idols; they were just doing their jobs.
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I'm such a theater geek. Most of my friends are in this community, and it's really important for me to keep doing it. It takes the ego out of acting, whereas movies tend to involve it.
