Annette Bening Quotes

I've played parts that were just likable people, and there's a certain pleasure in that. And that's that.

Annette Bening

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The novelist in me is probably hiding behind all the stories I write, looking for ways to connect them and continue the conversation with readers. Maybe I'm writing one long narrative, and each book, however different from the last, is just a chapter.

Joanna Scott

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I have an iPad and I watch three things: 'The Daily Show,' '60 Minutes,' and 'Meet the Press.'

Jesse Eisenberg

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I think, on any given day, somebody could help out a homeless person and cuss out somebody that cut them off in traffic, and I think that everybody has that inside them: it's just how you live that balance - so I think everybody is 'Wretched and Divine.'

Andy Biersack

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I decided to leave most of my wealth to my charitable foundation, which is not to be confused with my charity. My charity helps children directly. The charitable foundation will receive most of my legacy when I die.

John Caudwell

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My wife is my soul mate. I can't imagine being without her.

Matt Damon

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I mean, why am I considered an 'it girl?' Because I'm in a lot of movies right now or am on the covers of magazines? I just hope there is something solid behind that. Because here's the thing with 'it girl' status. It's great and amazing that anybody is saying that at all. But how long does that last?

Amanda Seyfried

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The movie adaptations of stage musicals that I've seen, without exception, in my opinion don't work. A lot of people would disagree with me.

Stephen Sondheim

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I think the sexiest thing on anybody is intelligence. I respect somebody who has a brain and wants to use it more than a pretty face and status.

Sophia Bush

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If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.

Sophocles

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It's hard for me... If I don't have a project going, I don't feel like I'm connected to anything. I don't even think it's that healthy for me. I like to get out of bed and have a purpose.

Tom Petty

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I think serious situations actually make for the best kind of belly laughs. But they're also the hardest to convert into comedy at the outset.

Mike Birbiglia

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My father said, If you want to do acting, you have to be successful, which is a silly thing to say.

Diane Cilento

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