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Emily Mortimer Quotes

I've only half-admitted I'm a professional. I know I am, I've paid my dues, but one of the things I could do better when I'm acting is to really be rigorous and to think I know how to do it. To use my brain.

Emily Mortimer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: british
Birth: December 1, 1971

Topics

I Am Brain Think Better Acting Know

One trophy is good, but two are better. That way, when a hero wears his medals on his chest, at least his steps are level as he walks by.

Johan Cruyff

Good Hero Better Way Trophy Medals

The scariest thing is to go into a new situation for myself, and yet I have a job where I do that every few months, meet a hundred new people, and then have to perform in a very highly pressurized environment.

John Cho

Myself Job People Environment Meet

Often if a picture is in trouble one way or another, there are ways to salvage it, through reshoots or whatever.

John Knoll

Picture Trouble Way Whatever Through

Zombies are so popular. There's a lot of chaff out there. For every one person who is legitimately passionate about zombies, there are a hundred people who are thinking, 'Hey, I can make a buck off of this.' The problem is that some of their stuff is so lame.

Max Brooks

People Thinking Problem I Can Person

I think in some ways, it can do a listener a disservice to explain a song. I think I'd rather leave a little room for people to put themselves in it.

St. Vincent

People Song Think Explain Leave

If I'm remembered for having done a few good things, and if my presence here has sparked some good energies, that's plenty.

Sidney Poitier

Good Good Things Done Presence Here

When you're younger, it's about, 'How can I get better? How can I become the player that I want to be?' As you get older, it's, 'How can this football team improve?' While all along getting better along the way.

Tony Romo

Football Team Better Getting Better

The function of Theology? The recitation of the incomprehensible by the unspeakable to pick the pockets of the unthinking.

Robert Anton Wilson

Function Pockets Pick Theology

I go on stage for hours, and I like to give it my all.

Romeo Santos

Go Stage Give Like Hours

At the turn of the twentieth century, board games were becoming increasingly commonplace in middle-class homes. In addition, more and more inventors were discovering that the games were not just a pastime but also a means of communication.

Mary Pilon

Communication Games More Turn Just

Growing up in Holland, I always thought my name was boring, but in the U.S., all of a sudden I have a very cool name.

Michiel Huisman

Cool Growing Up Thought Name Growing

I'm the worst surfer in California. My balance is off from boxing.

Mickey Rourke

Balance Boxing Worst California Off