Ellen Burstyn Quotes

There's no doubt that the patriarchy that we live in also controls the movie industry. The heads of the studios are men, and it's reflected in the scripts they buy and the work that gets made.

Ellen Burstyn

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Never trust people; always trust paper. I'd marry a piece of paper if I could.

Robert Rinder

TrustPeopleNeverAlwaysPaper

I'm an Australian. And I'm speaking generally here, but Australians in general aren't patriotic or nationalistic. Our country was built by immigrants. So, by my experience, I've seen the way immigration has transformed nations. They are the key people who quite literally build civilizations, be it culturally or musically.

John Hillcoat

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Acting is fun for me and it doesn't really matter how, whether it's hard work or easy work, it's always fun.

Tommy Lee Jones

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For me, the show must go on - it doesn't matter how ill you are, you get on and do it.

Martine McCutcheon

MeYouGoMatterMustGet

Diets are a scam.

Michael Moore

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Every time I'm in training mode, I've had to monitor what I'm eating. I'll break 210 and be around 215 pounds. I know what it takes to compete with the best guys at 205. I've trained with them.

Luke Rockhold

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Upon graduation from high school, following my brother by a couple of years, I joined the U.S. Air Force.

Dennis L. McKiernan

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For those of us who aren't great with people, we figure that silence is always the safest bet. If you're an introvert, you spend so much of your time wishing that other people would just shut the hell up that you figure you're doing everyone a favor.

David Wong

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In the past I've worked with directors who saw very much their scene in their head and knew exactly how they were going to cut it.

Colm Meaney

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I played piano as a kid; I still play a little bit.

Bobby McFerrin

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Now, America is a land of second chances, and I gather you have room for the estimated 6 million of us who know we got it wrong in 2008 and who want to fix it.

Artur Davis

AmericaYouWrongKnowWantLand

The bottom line is, like, one in five stars has at least one planet where life might spring up. That's a fantastically large percentage. That means in our galaxy, there's on the order of tens of billions of Earth-like worlds.

Seth Shostak

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