Emily Mortimer Quotes

I like to mix it up, yeah. I don't sort of think, 'Oh, I need to do a comedy, I've done three dramas this year.' I don't think of it like that, but I definitely from project to project I feel like I want to just do something different all of the time and stop, I don't want to bore myself or anyone else.

Emily Mortimer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I recently read a collection of stories called 'Boondock Kollage,' by Regina Bradley. The stories follow multiple characters through the South, through the past and present. I loved reading that book: the first time I read the opening story, I was breathless and incoherent.

Jesmyn Ward

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What we forget is that the Academy is a star-maker, or it reinforces the stardom of people.

Michael Cimino

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It's difficult to look on the bright side when you're surrounded by negativity.

Amy Morin

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Part of the job of being a producer is the Vulcan mind meld, where you listen not to what they're saying but what they mean.

Steven Van Zandt

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I never wanted to be a brand director. I didn't want that kind of stamp. I wanted to be more like Pacino or Dustin Hoffman or Meryl Streep or De Niro - you know, a chameleon as a storyteller - because I love all kinds of movies.

Ron Howard

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For me the stunts are so cool, they're one of my favourite things when we're doing the film.

Rupert Grint

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You're a defensive lineman, you get knocked around from all different angles. I've been knocked around like a pinball quite a few times.

Mike Daniels

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It's not appropriate to a love story, or - there are a million stories you could think of that don't need 3D. A lot of movies don't even need color!

Douglas Trumbull

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My priority is to hang out with the ones I love - my family, my loved ones.

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We all need to know how to cook. I can buy a chicken and have many meals come from it. Is it affordable? Yes. Cheap? No. I want to pay the farmers the right price for food. They deserve it. They are the most important people in the country besides our teachers.

Alice Waters

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I was too shy to be in films. But, my father thought it would work for me. It took a lot of time for me to think about getting into films.

Prabhas

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A conventional truth can be important - it's essential to learn elementary mathematics, for example - but it won't give you an edge. It's not a secret.

Peter Thiel

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