Akkineni Nagarjuna Quotes
After 'Shirdi Sai,' I wanted a total image makeover. I was looking to transform myself.
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My maternal grandmother, Penelope, was a very big figure in my life. She was a child of the Raj, born in India, a debutante who hobnobbed with royals, then married a Canadian, Bill Aitken, who became MP for Bury St Edmunds.
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I want a place where I can have horses.
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You don't try to do more than you should.
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It seems to me that unless you or someone very close to you has had a bad head injury, you really can't fathom it. You have no concept of what it is all about. It was so difficult for my whole family, not just me.
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So basically, I think music at its best can be everything. It can be totally stupid and very intellectual and emotional at the same time. I don't think all those things shut each other out.
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I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
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I've been to parties in L.A. that are mind-blowing. I mean, quite literally mind-blowing. People get cellphones in the party bag, that sort of thing. Fabulous, fabulous parties.
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I never stopped photographing. There were a couple of years when I didn't have a darkroom, but that didn't stop me from photographing.
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Anything where I get to write a lot of jokes and have a lot of creative control - that's all I want.
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There's something so quirky and fun and nerdy about the Tony Awards... We're dorks being silly up there.
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'Married with Children' was racy. It was sexist. It was a lot of things, but mostly it was funny.
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For me, having a child is a really great responsibility because you've got something there that is depending on you for information and love until a certain age when it goes to school.
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'Girls' feels very active and stirring a conversation and controversial, and you can't really ask for more as an actor.
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I think I'm a better mother because of work, because I'm happy. If I wasn't working, I would just be waiting for the kids to come home every day, and living vicariously through their lives.
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I always liked movies like 'American Graffiti' and 'Gregory's Girl.' 'Gregory's Girl' is particularly perfect because it really captures that summer holiday bubble of teenage utopia. Even though it's got a happy ending, there's a feeling that these characters may never see each other again.
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Everyone has this perception that the bloggers, they say horrible things about you and they hide behind their computers where you can't see them.
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We don't want to be our own niche. We're filmmakers like everybody. How many years in a row are we going to talk about the fact that we make films and we are women? Enough already.
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Ideas come from all over, but as I write more and more, I find I'm always hunting for mood: I want to write a novel with a pervasive mood that sticks with you after you close the cover.
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As an actor, you want to do your best but not overshine the film. No actor is above the film.
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A man should be able to hear, and to bear, the worst that could be said of him.
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The money can be decent, but I really don't recommend the work-for-hire route as an entry into publishing. Too many things can go wrong.
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Gerald is the eternal optimist who has what could be perceived as a handicap -he can't speak - but he figures out clever ways to communicate ideas so he doesn't let it stop him. He goes through life with rose-colored glasses and doesn't think 'I can't.' I think that's a great character to put out there for kids.
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When you're a little weird, you aspire to be normal; when you're very weird, you aspire to be recognised for it.
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After 'Shirdi Sai,' I wanted a total image makeover. I was looking to transform myself.
