Kelly Masterson Quotes
Stage is so important because it teaches me how to convey character with words - how to convey how a character reacts by the way they appear on stage. I can usually tell a playwright from someone who has never written for the stage. Did the character work? Did the dialogue reveal who the character is?
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If there's anything worse than being 16, it's having parents visibly reliving their own teenage years in your anguished presence.
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I'm happy that all my films are different from one another.
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People often try to disguise televisions. I always think that makes it worse. It is what it is!
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Listen to my voice - I sound like I'm permanently congested.
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Beijing was such a different city. There were so few cars, I could walk in the middle of the road. In the summer, the streetlamps attracted swirling bugs. I loved those bugs: crickets, praying mantis, all kinds of beetles. I also have a vivid memory of dazzling sunlight coming out of the sky.
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I think we respond well when we do something well.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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Your belief system saturates the space around you.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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It's like a painter with various layers of paint. I start with a drum loop and add keyboards, and then melodies start to take shape. The vocals happen later. I've never really done therapy before, but it's a form of therapy. Everything else falls away.
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If I get married again, I want a guy there with a drum to do rimshots during the vows.
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It's grueling never knowing if the audience is going to think you're funny. It's soul-destroying when they don't laugh.
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I grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors.
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You're always going to have terrorism.
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When I looked at the skeleton of 'Damn Yankees,' I saw an indestructible story, absolutely original characters, one of the freshest, sassiest American scores of the century, and some outmoded equipment.
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I simply haven't the nerve to imagine a being, a force, a cause which keeps the planets revolving in their orbits and then suddenly stops in order to give me a bicycle with three speeds.
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When you know that you can overcome challenges, you do gain that self-respect, and then you won't end up in a situation that you regret later on.
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Gender equality and women's empowerment have been a top priority for me from day one as Secretary-General. And I am committed to making sure that the U.N. leads by example.
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The time of illusion, then, is the beautiful moment of passion; it represents the artistic zone in which the poet or romance writer ought to be free to do the very best that he can.
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Don't gamble the future of your children and Malaysia; think and contemplate because your vote will determine not only the future of the country but also your grandchildren.
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Judging by my degradation in the last 24 hours, I'll be surprised if I make it to Tuesday.
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I believe it doesn't really matter where you work as long as you work. Keep sharpening your teeth.
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Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue.
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Stage is so important because it teaches me how to convey character with words - how to convey how a character reacts by the way they appear on stage. I can usually tell a playwright from someone who has never written for the stage. Did the character work? Did the dialogue reveal who the character is?
