"I'm a right pain in the hole for my agent. I won't take certain parts if I think they're offensive or banal. For instance, I won't do a film if I think it's full of violence for violence's sake, or a television drama if I don't think it's intelligent writing."

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Anne-Marie Duff

#Pain Quotes #Drama Quotes #Writing Quotes

“I feel slightly confused about certain things. Practical and tactical things. When you try to make everyone happyâ€¦ in the end you've got to make yourself happy.”
“I've found that I can only change how I act if I stay aware of my beliefs and assumptions. Thoughts always reveal themselves in behavior.”
“Like the early days of the Internet, the dawn of personal genomics promises benefits and pitfalls that no one can foresee.”
“Part of my job as a food writer is to describe food. So my work on 'Top Chef,' I feel, is an extension of that. When we give a criticism to the contestant, we want to make sure we tell them why it's not working and why it would work if they did it a different way.”
“The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.”
“Promenade was totally driven by the context. The internal relationships of measurement and placement related to the central axis of the site. The placement of the rectangular plates followed a strict logic in that the plates tilted away and towards the center line in an asymmetrical counterpoint. However, the perception of the sculpture contradicts the logic of its relation to the site. As you walk inbetween the plates you see fragments, you see the work in part, you cannot grasp the whole.”
“I never had any desire to be a film actor. I never thought I was the good-looking movie type, which I assumed they wanted.”
“I'm just a regular mother who's trying to save lives and be the best human being I can be.”

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