Dana Spiotta Quotes

Getting an audience requires luck as well as talent. Some artists are private and shy. It costs them too much.

Dana Spiotta

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TalentLuckToo MuchShyAudience

When you are authentic, you create a certain energy... people want to be around you because you are unique.

Andie MacDowell

PeopleEnergyYouUniqueCreate

Among the qualities most needed among those who aspire to true leadership in the fostering of peace and goodwill among the nations and in overcoming racial and religious antagonism is the cooperative spirit and objective.

John Mott

LeadershipPeaceOvercomingTrue

I grew up reading science fiction.

Jeff Bezos

ScienceReadingScience FictionUp

I used to get the girl; now I get the part. In 'The Quiet American' you may have noticed I got the part and the girl. It's a milestone for me, because it's the last time I'm going to get the girl.

Michael Caine

GirlTimeMeAmericanYouQuiet

No nation as young as America can be expected to become immediately a power in the arts.

John Philip Sousa

PowerAmericaYoungBecomeNation

For me, the most satisfying time to work with people, and time when it really works, is when you work with directors that are into the truth of any sort of situation.

Jonny Lee Miller

WorkTruthTimePeopleMeYou

I was born in St. Andrew's and raised in Kingston then I attended the Alpha Boy's school.

Desmond Dekker

SchoolBornBoyAlphaI Was Born

When I don't know what to do with a character, that's when I say yes to it. When it's far away from the way I am, the way I feel or the way I think, that's when it's more attractive.

Demian Bichir

CharacterI AmThinkFeelFar Away

This is what Hollywood tends to do. It tends to disregard tradition, history and anything factual, twisting it and turning it and making it all okay regardless of what the English may think of it.

Christian Slater

HistoryThinkTraditionHollywood

I like doing roles that stretch me.

Bresha Webb

MeDoingStretchLikeRoles

When I got into Yale College, got into Yale Law School. I've worked my tail off.

Brett Kavanaugh

SchoolCollegeLawLaw SchoolOff

In our culture, I think that there is no markers anymore. Young men don't really have something that says you're a grown up now, until you have a baby.

Antoine Fuqua

CultureMenBabyThinkYouYoung

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