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Joyce DeWitt Quotes

Hollywood can be brutal, inhuman, the opposite of what the theatre is, and I had little desire to be part of it.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: american
Birth: April 23, 1949

Topics

Theatre Desire Hollywood Little Part

The greatest work of art about New York? The question seems nebulous. The city's magic and majesty are distilled in the photographs of Alfred Stieglitz and Paul Strand.

Work Art New York City Magic New

Throughout my teenage years, I read 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens every December. It was a story that never failed to excite me, for as well as being a Dickens enthusiast, I have always loved ghost stories.

Me Story Loved Christmas Never Well

My mother is a big believer in being responsible for your own happiness. She always talked about finding joy in small moments and insisted that we stop and take in the beauty of an ordinary day. When I stop the car to make my kids really see a sunset, I hear my mother's voice and smile.

Jennifer Garner

Smile Beauty Mother Happiness Sunset

Gender is irrelevant, and if you love somebody, you love somebody.

Love Gender You Irrelevant Somebody

We are spending more as a percentage of our entire economy, almost 25 percent, than we have spent at any time since the end of World War II.

Time War World End More Economy

In a city like New York, you're aware of the rich and poor.

New York City Rich You New Poor

It's very hard to come across as a passionate human being in print. People can't hear the inflections in your voice.

People Voice Passionate Human Hard

Every actor will tell you it's so much more fun to play the bad guy because usually those characters are more complex and more broad and more interesting, and have more sides to them.

Fun Interesting You Bad Play Actor

Well, Mr. Speaker, if so many of these Iraqis are ready to come up and to provide the security, the police work in the country, then surely there should be no problem with putting American forces into the background instead of having them up front.

Work Police American Problem Ready

Taking a night off from comedy to go on a date with someone I'm probably not going to like anyway sounds like the worst trade-off in my mind.

Mind Night Comedy Someone Go Worst

I ain't no icon. It's people like Patti LaBelle, somebody like that's an icon. I'm just Missy. I'm just crazy, that's all.

People Crazy Icon Just Like

It's time for the party of big ideas, not the party of Big Brother!

Time Brother Ideas Party Big

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