Kelly Reilly Quotes
I act because I have to, because I need to find out whether I can do it or not - that's what drives me and excites me and lights me up.
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I shouldn't say this, but I always love the sidekicks. I want to do a leading-lady role in a film - absolutely. But I find that a lot of times I get attracted to the sidekick role. They stand out a little more because they're quirkier, they're funnier, they're crazier.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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I really like this trend of songwriting that is honest and intelligent and serious and longing.
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There was just a lot of comedy on the TV in the house, and my parents are both very funny.
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Skysurfing is skydiving with a board on the feet. You can imagine with this big surface of a skysurfing board, there is a lot of force, a lot of power. Of course, I can use this power, for example, for nice spinning - we call it 'helicopter moves.'
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Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.
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I just want to do the best things I can do on the field, do the things I know how to in baseball, have fun.
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The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun.
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All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
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I wasn't interested at all in doing a documentary. I was not a public figure.
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Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.
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I'm definitely a hair down girl. I'm a fan of the natural, earthy look.
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There is a unique freshness when eating buckwheat noodles cold with plenty of herbs and citrus acidity. I can't think of any better use of chopsticks on a hot and sweaty evening.
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I always think I have a chance, and I always give it all I've got.
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A lot of producers now are people who stay in their office and never go to the set. I don't know how you can be the advocate of the movie if you're not there in it every day.
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We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
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What's so brave about being bald? I've not fought for my country or found the cure for cancer - I've just gone out without my hat on!
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The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
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I'm more disturbed when people expect me to be serious.
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I hate the concept of beauty for the sake of it. It is overrated.
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The world has also learned that economic growth, by itself, cannot close the gap between rich and poor.
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But we wanted to work in a way we never had, which was write everything together. We had to face each other in the same creative room, which gets tougher as you get older, because you don't want to be confrontational.
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I'm a Scorpio. I have different mood swings.
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I act because I have to, because I need to find out whether I can do it or not - that's what drives me and excites me and lights me up.
