Abi Morgan Quotes
I still always think the greatest moment for me, as a writer, is when I press that button and send the first draft of the script.
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I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.
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From inside where I live, I feel like I just perceive events in a certain rational way. I often find it sad or poignant, and it may not make me laugh a bit. But I don't mind inventing a portrait that allows others to laugh if that's what they want to do.
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I went online with winelibrary.com in July of 1997; that was my first professional online play.
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Basically, I have a gift as an actress, and I want to present the sophisticated side of me as an actress and a person.
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The big things I've had are things I bought myself.
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Talking to other people who make low-budget movies, everyone kind of has the same struggle.
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I completely agree with feeling the need for or the benefits of being pushed and of being directed on a project and collaborating.
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Man is a mind betrayed, not served, by his organs.
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You should always feel confident in everything you wear, no matter what trend you fit or don't fit into.
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To look is one thing, to see is another thing; to see is very difficult, normally; to look is to try to see. I have looked and I hope I have seen.
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I'm interested in complexity, in the mathematical sense, as well as the idiomatic sense. The idea of emergence - that it's possible for complex patterns to arise out of many simple interactions - is fascinating.
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I was born in the technology era.
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Obviously, when you're up against somebody you don't like there's extra motivation, but I don't think any person going for an Olympic gold is going to put friendship first.
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We aren't upset when Paramount makes a $200 million movie that flops, but if a charity experiments with a $5 million fundraising event that fails, we call in the attorneys. So charities are petrified of trying bold new revenue-generating endeavors and can't develop the powerful learning curves the for-profit sector can.
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I think plays have nothing to do with one's own personal life. Not in my experience, anyway. The stuff of drama has to do, not with your subject matter, anyway, but with how you treat it. Drama includes pain, loss, regret - that's what drama is about!
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I try to pride myself on being involved with the fans and taking pictures when they're asked for because I know I was that little kid one day that really looked up to stars like myself, and I try to give them that on my behalf.
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I'd love to have more kids. I'm one of four, and I've always dreamed of having a huge family. I've loved every second of having Sophia. It's been just the most amazing time of my life. I'd love more of it.
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Sometimes when you're playing a very intense character, a disturbed character, you find other layers. That's much more interesting to me, rather than just playing 'intense.' I find it too boring.
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I'm the type of guy who likes to be there 24-7. I'm Mr. Roses.
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Phil Collins sold five times as many records as I did. Does that make him nearly as influential as I am? Nope.
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When I was a kid... if I couldn't get a ride to the comic book store, I would walk a mile and a half each way to get the latest issues of 'Batman' and 'Spider-Man' and 'X-Men.' I could not choose one over the other.
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If you like vanilla, you're not going to like 'Breaking Bad' - you need to like a specific flavor that is unusual, that is different, that takes risks.
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I still always think the greatest moment for me, as a writer, is when I press that button and send the first draft of the script.
