Gaby Hoffmann Quotes
Television has filled the space for actors that really want to make good work and not just make a lot of money and be famous for making a lot of money and being famous.
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When I hit my 20s, I took a chill pill and relaxed because throughout my teens I was churning out an album a year. It was a treadmill of work then recording, promoting and touring.
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If you can be a good example to other people, why not try to be that person? I have a bit of a people pleaser in me, but not so much so that it's out of control.
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I'm not too good at lying still in the sun.
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I don't want to make money; I want to make a difference.
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However good a Constitution may be, if those who are implementing it are not good, it will prove to be bad. However bad a Constitution may be, if those implementing it are good, it will prove to be good.
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The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.
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I run a charity. If my name pops up in your call ID, chances are I'm about to ask you for something - money, free ad space, your first born. So it is probably no surprise that people often don't take my calls.
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I don't want to miss out on the chance of having a good time.
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I was raised to want to work for a living. The idea of just sitting around or going shopping every day appalls me.
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Any good writer is going to be well-received and is going to not be well-received; that's how you know you're a great writer.
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Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.
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I still get excited by working with big names. You have that initial moment of, 'Oh my goodness, I'm going to work with Tom Cruise!'
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I'm not really into method acting - the way I was taught was the good old-fashioned British way of just doing your research and getting on with it.
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Profitability comes from loyalty, productivity, and having a character base from which to work.
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I wanted to work with Bryan Singer because I like his films.
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I am not a political writer. I agree with Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell, who are social writers. I can't write in that fashion. I am not good enough for that. What I am interested in is family dramas and why we are doing bad things to each other and what our motives are.
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I was a very, very good congressman.
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There's something to be said in favor of working in isolation in the real world.
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Rich people work hard and believe it's perfectly appropriate to be well rewarded for their efforts and the value they provide for others. Poor people work hard, but due to their feelings of unworthiness, they believe that it is inappropriate for them to be well rewarded for their efforts and the value they provide.
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Mr. Chief of Staff [Ryunosuke Kusaka], what do you think? I feel that I've undertaken a heavy responsibility. If I had only been more firm and refused. Now we've left home waters and I'm beginning to wonder if the operation will work.
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Working for a magazine, you have a boss; you are not free.
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The investment we're all looking for is actually saving labor... Look at what the internet is doing to retail.
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Be careful who you share your weakness with. Some people can't wait for the opportunity to use them against you.
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Television has filled the space for actors that really want to make good work and not just make a lot of money and be famous for making a lot of money and being famous.