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Tessa Thompson Quotes

I try to pick interesting projects, the kind of projects that I would want to watch.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: american
Birth: October 3, 1983

Topics

Interesting Want Kind Try Watch

I'd never really imagined myself as an action star.

Myself Action Never Star Really

There's a lot of closeted nerds out there.

Throughout my career, I was blessed with great teams and great teammates.

Great Blessed Career Teammates Teams

I think that with piracy and tighter funds being around, people are realising that the game to play is to try and win people's respect with bold film making and then win a special place in people's collections, rather than just having the biggest opening weekends.

Respect People Win Game Think Play

I've come to really like Twitter. You really do get to see what I'm about, and I like sharing with my fans.

You Sharing See Fans Get Come

I want to make sure I continue to make good music that my mom and everybody around me can be proud of.

Good Music Me Mom Proud Want

Is deciding what you like an instinct, a sense that arrives as swiftly as my autoimmune response to cat dander? Or is it the result of reasoned consideration, the way wine tasters swish pinot noir around in their mouths, spit it out, and reach for complex metaphors about chocolate and tobacco?

Wine Chocolate Reach Result You Way

Education means teaching kids how to do stuff and how to think about stuff. Education is a pretty simple concept with a very clear way to measure results: you give some kind of an exam - maybe it's one of those standardized tests all kids hate, maybe it's some kind of essay, but whatever it is, it'll measure the results, and the kids will hate it.

Education Hate Simple Think You Way

I have to feel good about what I'm endorsing because I have to live with it.

Good Live Feel Good Feel Because

I've always been a risk taker; I've never believed in following the expected path.

Path Risk Never Always Been

Thanks to 'I'm Yours,' I'm probably set for a really long time. The pressure I put on myself, or what I hope my 'I Won't Give Up' does, is to make a difference in people's lives... With 'I'm Yours,' I got to go out and set my feet on different continents, and expose myself to different cultures and causes.

Hope Time Myself People Feet Long

I got into this thing called the National Youth Theatre, and to me, that was all about the status quo. It seemed to me like 'Downton Abbey' - all the working-class and black people were playing servants, or the gravedigger in 'Hamlet,' and the boys from Eton and posh private schools got Hamlet, all the big roles.

People Me Youth Theatre Black Big

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