Catherine Keener Quotes

Most times when people pitch you as being perfect for a part... they don't look at you as an actor who can transform. A lot of people are so literal.

Catherine Keener

Recitation: by Male by Female

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PeopleYouPerfectLookActorBeing

There really is a hunger and a demand for something different in higher education.

Jerry Falwell, Jr.

EducationHigher EducationHunger

I knew that the Mets had never had a no-hitter. I never had one. This is very special. I knew this means a lot to New York.

Johan Santana

New YorkNewSpecialNeverMeans

'Tempting the Best Man' centers around Madison Daniels, who's had a major crush on her brother's best friend since she was a girl.

Jennifer Armentrout

FriendGirlBestManBrotherShe

Nothing will work unless you do.

Maya Angelou

WorkYouNothingWillUnless

I think I'm more sympathetic to writers, to the work and the struggle and the craft of it, than when I was in graduate school at NYU and was very judgmental.

John Searles

WorkStruggleSchoolThinkCraft

I shall not remind you, Citizen-Directors, of all I have done for the triumph of liberty, the prosperity of St. Domingo, the glory of the French Republic; nor will I protest to you my attachment to our mother country, to my duties; my respect to the constitution, to the laws of the Republic, and my submission to the government.

Toussaint Louverture

MotherRespectGovernmentYouGlory

My dad and his brothers were involved in amateur dramatics. From an early age, I was dragged along to rehearsals when they couldn't get childcare. I was watching pensioners dance around in sweatpants, which was very traumatic for a young child.

Tom Glynn-Carney

AgeDanceChildEarlyYoungGet

Men are trained to like this version of womanhood, and when someone comes along smashing the table and messing up the party, it's a bit like, 'Get out; why are you disturbing the peace?'

Michaela Coel

MenPeaceSomeoneYouTableParty

The world of women fascinates me, probably because my sister and I were always together as children in our mother's salon after school and after ballet classes. We used to talk about what we saw: the different ladies who would come in, all with their distinctive personalities.

Monica Cruz

MotherWomenChildrenTogetherWorld

People show surprise that I have interests outside my political career. There is subtle surprise, for example, that I would be interested in a recipe.

Lucille Roybal-Allard

PeopleSurprisePoliticalCareer

Believe it or not, it actually does rain in L.A. from time to time.

Janet Varney

TimeRainBelieveActuallyDoes

I'm lucky I had parents willing to be open and believe that an 11-year-old might know what she wanted to do. Or maybe they thought I'd find out that's what I didn't want to do.

Claire Forlani

ParentsBelieveThoughtFindKnow

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