"I like to take these unusual characters and then make them as normal as possible, because we all know that the tragedy and the abnormal always hides itself behind the normal"

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Source : Interview with Christopher Cook, www.theguardian.com. November 11, 2001.

Isabelle Huppert

#Character Quotes #Tragedy Quotes #Abnormal Quotes

“Words contract a significance which clings to them long after the condition of things to which they owe it has passed away.”

Source : Joseph Barber Lightfoot (1890). “Ordination Addresses and Counsels to Clergy”
“I don't know what the definition of ***** is and nobody else does either. Pornography is somebody else's erotica that you don't like. People are interested in their own sexuality and they've always reflected it in their art. End of story.”
“Waitresses, soldiers, rickshaw drivers, old ladies selling vegetables - my father would schmooze anybody. He was Clintonesque before the word existed. And, of course, it paid dividends. Ill-tempered guards at the most notorious border crossings waved him through with cheery smiles. Haughty maitre d's fawned over him.”
“Don't get me wrong. I love a Denver omelette as much as the next girl. But I'm curious whether thatâ€™s your thing, or if you try to change up the routine depending on the specific woman. You knowâ€¦ like, green pepper because I have green eyes, ham because Iâ€™m so funny, and onions for all the tears youâ€™ll shed after I leave.”

Source : Julie James (2013). “Love Irresistibly”, p.74, Penguin
“It's a very long and difficult schedule on a single-camera show.”
“Reasons are for peasants.”

Source : Matthew Woodring Stover (1998). “Jericho Moon”, N A L Trade
“Music speaks to people at a level that is much more universal and can kind of trigger things in the listener in ways that other forms of communication can't.”
“To even get to the Olympics, I have to qualify for the 2013 World Championships and the standard is high. I know I am always going to be a few points behind the top guys.”

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