Elisabeth Sladen Quotes
Sometimes good television doesn't depend on money, it depends on imagination and good people directing, casting and doing the job with talented people.
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
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I've had the good fortune to have a much more diverse life than most people would, professional sports and television and news and movies.
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To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.
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I want to be judged on my own merits.
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
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I was supposed to be a doctor. I was supposed to go to Princeton. And everything I was supposed to do I didn't.
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I wanted to become a cartoon artist, a portrait artist, and an illustrator. This was my first idea.
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In a movie, you have to be mindful that no budget is going to be able to deal with running around the globe at every whim of the writer.
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I started acting when I was 5 years old. And I was pretty well known for a while. Your self-esteem and your identity start to become wrapped up in that celebrity, and when that starts to fade away, your self-esteem and your identity start to fade away with it.
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What the 'supposed 99 percent' don't realize is that they are better off if there are more fat cats, not less.
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Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers.
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I actually started off majoring in computer science, but I knew right away I wasn't going to stay with it. It was because I had this one professor who was the loneliest, saddest man I've ever known. He was a programmer, and I knew that I didn't want to do whatever he did. So after that, I switched to Communications.
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Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.
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I generally wake up at 4:30, have breakfast No. 1, then get to the pool by 5 a.m.
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Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.
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You can't be preachy - kids are allergic to messages.
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We all approached doing a sequel with great trepidation and skepticism.
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There's something that's sexy about a guy who has the strength to kill somebody, but is also vulnerable enough to be in love. It's just those two sides - like, I don't know why, but women for some reason aren't attracted to normal guys, like, guys who are in between.
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I have made some of the best friends that I've got in this business.
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When I got my success, I became decadent for a while. This was 2003 to 2008. I fell for tiramisu really hard. I've become more moderate since, because African-Americans are prone to diabetes.
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To be a good diarist, one must have a little snouty, sneaky mind.
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Sometimes good television doesn't depend on money, it depends on imagination and good people directing, casting and doing the job with talented people.
