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Victoria Abril Quotes

When I said I was going to audition for a film, I got a hearty laugh from all my family.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: spanish
Birth: July 4, 1959

Topics

Family Laugh Said Got Film Going

To campaign against colonialism is like barking up a tree that has already been cut down.

Tree Down Up Cut Against Been

Golden rule of life: never underestimate your rivals.

Life Golden Underestimate Never Rule

I'm interested in a lot of different things, but first and foremost I'm into the idea of human consciousness, and Angels & Airwaves is a byproduct of that.

Angels Human First Consciousness

Everybody's one fight away from getting a title shot if they step in on short notice for somebody.

Fight Step Short Away Notice Shot

I would leave my wife for Whataburger.

Wife Leave Would

The general public doesn't expect romance authors to be Harvard graduates. Which is funny, because there are actually quite a lot of us. But this disconnect means that journalists see me as an interesting story. The tricky part is making sure they understand that there are many, many talented writers who don't have 'fancy' educations.

Funny Me Story Interesting See

I finally realize that I have earned my happiness and what little success I have. And I'm not guilty about it any more. It just happened one day. It just came out.

Success Happiness Day Guilty One Day

I think I'm always conscious of not letting things fit into a specific box. Being a filmmaker and trying to chart a career, you never want anyone to be able to pigeonhole you into one specific thing.

Jonathan Levine

Think Trying You Career Want Never

I don't think there has been any increase in sophistication in the audience. When people are aware of a concept that's easy to understand, and there's an actor who will attract them to the theater and it's a movie that's funny three-quarters of the time, it will be successful.

Funny Time People Think Easy Actor

My sister is a good story of resiliency. She had a full ride at UC Davis, but she left school to go to the Philippines - and then she decided to go back to school in her 40s, which surprised me. She went to UC Berkeley, and I think she was one of two African Americans in her class at Haas. She's really impressive.

Good Ride School Me Sister Think

In Italy, the Milanese are well organized but follow bourgeois taste. They adhere to certain codes of elegance, but not to individualism.

Christian Lacroix

Elegance Follow Taste Organized Well

When I was around 13 or 14, and I was in a private school, I had a Frisbee that had the name Apollo on it. And I'd walk around with it. People would say, 'Hey, there's that Apollo kid.' That's where the name generated from.

Walk School People Name Say Kid

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