"Yes, I did try acting when I was in high school and I was terrible at it. So I definitely have had the experience of being bad at artistic endeavor."

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Source : "Lily Rabe’s Master Class". Interview with Alexandria Symonds, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 15, 2011.

Dana Spiotta

#School Quotes #Trying Quotes #Acting Quotes

“I once worked in a pub. I couldn't add up to save my life, but I could pull the pints.”
“There's more to life than physical and material.”

Source : FaceBook post by Ziggy Marley from May 29, 2012
“Fogg states that all humans are motivated to seek pleasure and avoid pain; to seek hope and avoid fear; and finally, to seek social acceptance and avoid rejection”
“For people who have... had curve balls thrown at them, it is easier to digest change and digest change in other people. Change only scares the small-minded. The small-minded and me”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Do you realize that God expects you to consider that you are actually working for Jesus Christ on your job?”
“It is usually expensive and lonely to be principled.”
“I want to get married before I'm 30. And I'd like to win an Oscar before then.”
“It's great hearing stories of my mum growing up in Brooklyn, then moving to Florida, having me and growing up with this eccentric, fun family. Although I don't eat a lot of Italian things, because I'm vegan. I was raised on meat and cheese, so I've had enough for anyone's normal life span.”

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