Carla Gugino Quotes
I've joked that I would have either become schizophrenic or an actress, but as an actress you can do both.
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You can't get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
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You've got to be taught to hate and fear.
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I think Freud is about contamination, but I think that is something he learned from Shakespeare, because Shakespeare is about nothing but contamination, you might say.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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Whatever you want to do in the industry, do it on the smallest level at first. If you want to be a writer, write a screenplay in your house. If you want to be an actor, put on a one-man show. If you want to be a stand-up comedian, go to an open mic.
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The beautiful thing about working with new instruments is that you sort of approach it with a fresh perspective.
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You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception.
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Anything that's given to you can be taken away from you at any time.
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If you have a happy home, everything is sorted, I guess.
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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I voted for you during your last election.
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Only in your imagination can you revise.
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I tried for years to get an agent because I was told you needed an agent. The agent-hunting process was grim indeed.
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When you write as a woman, there's this feeling there's going to be a softness.
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How can you have an educated workforce, how do you equal the economic disparities in this country, if you can't make college more affordable for those who are struggling to make it?
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And you also have to do movies that are about commerce because that's what is required of the industry today.
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If you listen to a Deadmau5 record or a Skrillex record, I really enjoy that stuff because, as aggressive sounding as the Skrillex records are, they're still musical, and that's why they have such a broad appeal.
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The imminent demise of the church has been predicted since the middle of the 18th century. This is the regular secular mantra if churchgoing declines. I could take you to plenty of churches that are full to bursting and new churches being built.
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If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.
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There are always practical decisions to be made about any character you're playing.
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I grew up in a courtroom kind of like the one you saw in 'To Kill a Mockingbird' - big, big courtroom, sometimes it didn't even have air conditioning.
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Grief is a terrible, painful place. You can't grind away on grief in a solid way and say, 'I'm going to work on this until it's over' because it will be with you for the rest of your life, whatever you do. So, you deal with it and move on.
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A book calls for pen, ink, and a writing desk; today the rule is that pen, ink, and a writing desk call for a book.
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I've joked that I would have either become schizophrenic or an actress, but as an actress you can do both.
