"In real life nothing means anything. Stuff happens and there just is no structure."

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Source : Scarlett Thomas (2012). “Going Out”, p.20, Canongate Books

Scarlett Thomas

#Real Quotes #Mean Quotes #Stuff Quotes

“Well, I think certain roles are chosen for us. The moment I read Pete Campbell I thought: I can do this, this is mine. And in Money, too. The truth is I turn down a lot of projects. If a character doesn't have some kind of internal struggle, it's no good for me.”

Source : "Vincent Kartheiser: 'I definitely do psychopathic. I don't try to, but it just sneaks out'" by Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. April 24, 2010.
“Those Victorians: endlessly fascinating, broad in their learning, heroic in their achievements, in parts completely mad.”
“Let love flow so that it cleanses the world.”
“I went to my 30th high school reunion, and I could tell who was gay and who was straight because the gay people were like, 'Sarah, you've been doing so much,' and the straight people were like, 'So, Sarah, what have you been doing?”
“It's also important for those who promote those issues within the white community - the somewhat privileged community - to talk about issues affecting people of color”
“When the outcome drives the process we will only ever go where we've already been. If process drives the outcome we may not know where we're going, but we will know we want to be there.”
“People are always nice; I never get anything mean said to me on the street.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I've always thought of acting as more of an exercise in empathy, which is not to be confused with sympathy. You're trying to get inside a certain emotional reality or motivational reality and try to figure out what that's about so you can represent it.”

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