Anne Enright Quotes

I love the characters not knowing everything and the reader knowing more than them. There's more mischief in that and more room for seriousness, too.

Anne Enright

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: October 11, 1962

Topics

LoveNot KnowingMoreKnowingRoom

'Leaving Las Vegas' is a relationship; 'Dead Man Walking' is a relationship, and they're very contained movies. They're compressed and not in wide open spaces all over the place.

Michael Cimino

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There are a few writers that one has a relationship with that means, basically, you do whatever they say. One is Caryl Churchill, and the other is David Hare.

Stephen Daldry

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My motto: 'No good movie is depressing. All bad movies are depressing.'

Roger Ebert

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I've seen all the Batman movies in the theater opening weekend. I was a big Batman fan, definitely.

Robin Lord Taylor

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I go for as much feeling as I can rather than show what I can do up and down the neck. I don't play to show people ability.

Robin Trower

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We have a VA hospital back home in St. Louis. Like many of our colleagues, we hear continued concerns about the access and the service. I have seen a statistic that more than 60,000 veterans today are waiting more than 6 months for an appointment at a VA hospital.

Russ Carnahan

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I like books that are fat and full.

Mary Oliver

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I created a lot of drama and mess in my life.

Molly Bloom

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People are impressed with me - because I can sleep for just 45 minutes - I'm used to it.

Miley Cyrus

SleepPeopleMeI CanUsedJust

I was obsessed with being popular in high school and never achieved it. There's photos from our high school musicals, and I'm comically in the deep background, wearing a beggar's costume.

Mindy Kaling

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I'm like Madonna: I'm Ming-Na. Just my first and middle name. That's it. Pure and simple.

Ming-Na Wen

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I read the script first to get the perspective on the whole story, the writing, and how the character I'm auditioning for is talked about by other people or relates to other people; from there, I go into the sides.

Jay Ellis

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