Thandie Newton Quotes

I don't put the pressure on myself to be a very successful movie star. I want to enjoy being an actor and I want to be challenged by the roles I take.

Thandie Newton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: November 6, 1972

Topics

MyselfPressureEnjoyWantActor

Nobody is thinking they're going to come out here and put a team here and become a multimillionaire. I don't know anybody that comes into the NFL like that.

Jerry Jones

TeamThinkingNobodyKnowBecome

Life with a scientist who is often changing jobs and is frequently away at meetings and on lecture tours is not easy. Without a secure home base, I could not have made much progress.

John Pople

LifeHomeProgressMeetingsEasy

I used to be terrible and go to bed with my make-up on, and that's just not good for your skin.

Stella Maxwell

GoodBedSkinGoUsedTerrible

What we know about Cleopatra's looks is based purely on her coin portraits. Engraving was imperfect, and that when you are a ruler and you ask for a coin to be engraved with your likeness on it, you are probably trying to project a certain air of authority.

Stacy Schiff

TryingYouLooksKnowAuthorityAsk

I'd never really been content with just churning out these slim volumes every three or four years. I've always tried to think of poetry as an active ingredient in the language rather than just something that appears between the covers of thin books.

Simon Armitage

PoetryThinkLanguageThreeNever

The question that white people need to ask ourselves is not if we were shaped by the forces of racism, but how.

Robin DiAngelo

RacismPeopleWhiteQuestionNeed

I've always said my expectations are higher than what anyone else could put on me.

Mikaela Shiffrin

MeExpectationsSaidAlwaysHigher

I really want to be part of things from the ground up wherever possible. Not to say that I'm not open to being a gun for hire - I am, absolutely - but I really enjoy developing.

Michelle MacLaren

I AmGunEnjoySayWantPossible

In a film, you have to externalize things that are internal and of course it becomes a debate about to what extent you do that.

Chris Terrio

YouDebateThingsFilmCourseAbout

I think people often confuse success with fame and stardom.

Brenda Blethyn

SuccessPeopleThinkFameConfuse

I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true.

Audrey Hepburn

HappinessHealthMemoryShortWish

You know when you've found a part that you want to play. You know it because the part takes you over. It sits in the script waiting for you to play him.

Peter O'Toole

WaitingYouPlayKnowWantOver

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