Frances Fisher Quotes
I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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A dog is a pitiful thing, depending wholly on companionship, and utterly lost except in packs or by the side of his master. Leave him alone, and he does not know what to do except bark and howl and trot about till sheer exhaustion forces him to sleep.
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For some reason, men in politics seem to have a bunch of charisma, and women drop around their feet. I haven't noticed that so much for me and men.
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Why do we have 47 million people without health care? Because America has become about 'me'. What's happened to 'we' as a people? I believe in that and that resonates to most people.
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I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.
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I just like to stay a little quiet and just do my own thing. If I win a little more, I think I'll get a little bit more attention.
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Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
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3D prefers you to use wider lenses because when things are out of focus, and yet it's in 3D, it bothers you.
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If you go back and watch 'The French Connection,' it's been cannibalized so many times. There are certain movies like that, where you see the original and think, 'This isn't so great.' And the reason it isn't so great is because everyone has copied it.
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A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares in a fast changing world.
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After seeing 'Big,' I wanted an elevator that opened directly into my apartment, just like Tom Hanks did.
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The goal is to divide my time between stage and film.
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I spent a lot of time over in England wrestling at Butlins holiday camps for Brian Dixon and All Star Wrestling.
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It is now proved beyond doubt that smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.
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The way I look at it is that somebody in the world, no matter what your field is - teacher, violinist, football player - has to be the best. Why not me?
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I always had the theory that the most important thing is be happy, enjoy what are you doing, and be fresh mentally.
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Growing up in a particular neighborhood, growing up in a working-class family, not having much money, all of those things fire you and can give you an edge, can give you an anger.
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The English had hit upon a splendid joke. They intended to catch me or to bring me down.
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Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery.
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I was lucky to have a successful career as a model, but that was just a way to pay off my college loans.
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It's not easy to have the job of president. It's not easy to run for it. And it's not a job for the feint of heart.
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I also learned that a person was not necessarily bad just because you did not agree with him, and that if you believed in something, you had better be prepared to defend it.
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I think this is one of the greatest gifts of this era: Because of the Internet, we can start to type a question into Google and watch the question auto-fill. In that moment, we know someone else has asked that same question. The gift of realizing you're not alone is incredibly powerful.
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When television is good, nothing is better. When it's bad, nothing is worse.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
