Audrey Tautou Quotes
When I was a little girl, I loved monkeys. I wanted to be a primatologist. I went to the careers office to ask how. Because nobody could give me a good answer, I opted for acting.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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I'm not a really religious person, but those moments onstage feel like some sort of religious experience because no one holds back, especially 'Stay With Me' when I finish the show. It kind of turns into an anthem when I perform it live, and it feels like there's a lot of love in the room.
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I love wrestling, but to wrestle just one style for the rest of my life seems like it would really hold me down creatively.
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I think it's time we all agree that gender stereotypes are simply the confabulation of our own mind.
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May we be saved from evil thoughts and deed of enemies of world peace who find pleasure in creating havoc and perpetrating all forms of carnage.
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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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On one hand I am this weird androgynous tomboy where I'm strangely low maintenance and have a five-minute makeup regimen. On the other I'm obsessed with all things beauty, from skin care to makeup.
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As soldiers in Israel's army, one of the most grueling training regimens we had to endure was a long march while carrying a comrade on a stretcher.
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Stay true to your own voice, and don't worry about needing to be liked or what anybody else thinks. Keep your eyes on your own paper.
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One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.
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So many roles for women demand that you make the audience fall in love with you or sympathise with you.
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'Smart', in American usage, is slicker and sharper than 'intelligent'; faster off the mark and quicker on its feet than deep thought.
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Most organisms have loads of junk DNA - less pejoratively, noncoding DNA - cluttering their cells.
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Now there are certain things you have to prepare - like dialect and special skills. But in the moment, interaction between two characters on the page doesn't need - for me, I don't need to prepare that.
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The ultimate aim of all creative activity is the building!
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I got even with all the bad management I had by being a good manager.
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I understand the common man because I understand me in that regard at least.
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I wanted to write a novel that would make others feel the history: the pain and fear that black people have had to live through in order to endure.
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The policy of the future cannot forever be determined by the politics of the past - or even the present.
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But every historical statement and legitimization itself moves within a certain relation to history.
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My mother never breast fed me, she told me she only liked me as a friend.
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Success can be as simple as the warm feeling you get when you smile at a stranger, someone you know must be lonely, and having that stranger return your smile. It can be the bringing of a child into the world and raising that child to be a good man or woman.
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When Mark was playing last year, we weren't as good personnel-wise as we are now.
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When I was a little girl, I loved monkeys. I wanted to be a primatologist. I went to the careers office to ask how. Because nobody could give me a good answer, I opted for acting.
