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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Yes, I think India's economy always has been a mixed economy, and by Western standards we are much more of a market economy than a public sector-driven economy.
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It Dr Phil was great. We had such a good time. Never a dull moment on set, considering the 18 kids. It never got boring.
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I am a contradiction myself. I'm always looking for something that scares me because when I'm not scared, I'm not stimulated.
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Maybe the Burberry woman is undefinable! I think it's less about what she looks like and more about an attitude.
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Light is the symbol of truth.
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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.
