Laurie Metcalf Quotes

Onstage I'm the one in control - I'm not at the mercy of how an editor chooses to put the scene together later. I can do things onstage that I would never do in real life. It's very freeing.

Laurie Metcalf

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LifeTogetherControlI CanMercy

I'm trying to throw a big broad net to try to get people interested in God and believe that He's for them and has a purpose.

Joel Osteen

GodPurposePeopleBelieveTrying

Miami is one of these places where diversity is in our blood, where, you know, if you want to go have a Nicaraguan breakfast, a Cuban lunch, and an American diner dinner, you do.

Ana Navarro

DiversityBreakfastLunchDinnerYou

I don't only long for the thrill of being in the middle of a war, I must understand it; I must make other people understand.

Amanda Lindhout

WarPeopleLongUnderstandMiddle

There's a big difference between somebody who does acid on weekends and somebody who takes downers every day.

Tommy Rettig

DayEvery DayDifferenceBigAcid

It's simple: You get a part. You play a part. You play it well. You do your work and you go home. And what is wonderful about movies is that once they're done, they belong to the people. Once you make it, it's what they see. That's where my head is at.

Denzel Washington

WorkHomeSimplePeopleYouPlay

You can't be hateful because you love yourself. And we're extensions of each other; we're all connected.

Chrissy Metz

LoveYourselfLove YourselfYouEach

In books, you can just wallow in dialogue, and you can just wallow in written words. In screenplays, every line has to serve the purpose of the line that's implied before it and the line that's implied after it. Maybe five lines have to do the work of fifty lines.

Chuck Palahniuk

WorkWordsPurposeYouLineFifty

I don't like things held up before me that I cannot have.

Arthur Golden

MeUpThingsCannotLikeBefore

If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.

Anton Chekhov

LonelinessYouAfraidMarry

The way I approach things is from an experimental folk music standpoint.

Sxip Shirey

MusicWayThingsFolk MusicApproach

I love being verbal in films.

Sylvester Stallone

LoveBeingVerbalI LoveFilms

People who eat potatoes will never be able to perform their abilities in whatever job they choose to have.

Richard Cobden

JobPeopleChooseWillNeverEat

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