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Being Unusual Quotes

I sit with people who are dying. I’m one of those unusual types that enjoys being with someone when they’re dying because I know I am going to be in the presence of Truth Picture Quote #1

These death sentences are cruel and unusual in the same way that being struck by lightning is cruel and unusual Picture Quote #1

It’s like I’ve experienced quite a weird and unusual life, you know, being with a mom who’s a single parent and struggling with money and things like that. It’s really hard. And it brings a lot of other insecurities in life and a lot of other issues in life, in school and a bunch of other things Picture Quote #1

It is a very unusual sector and the one thing I would ask of them is to understand that for most of them one-third of their films are being financed by the taxpayer and that carries huge accountability and responsibility Picture Quote #1

Acting is an art form. If you are not creating something that’s unusual and informative and at least has the possibility of being illuminating, then you are not into it as an art form Picture Quote #1

I didn’t realise my upbringing was unusual until my teens. As the child of two actors, I presumed that visiting film sets and being surrounded by colourful characters was normal Picture Quote #1

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The process of being filmed was, I found, peculiar but not discomfiting. At 13, you are malleable, adaptable, better able to take the unusual in your stride Picture Quote #1

I still get called ‘a stick of dynamite’ or ‘pint-sized dynamo,’ stuff like that. Actually, I was too busy to notice there was anything unusual about being a woman director until the early 1980s, when I looked around the professional theater and realized there weren’t many of us. You have to make more of a case for yourself than any man Picture Quote #1

My character is somebody who is smaller in stature and yet who’s strong, so to see the fighting situations between people who are not generally thought of being strong is in itself unusual and therefore interesting, I think Picture Quote #1

Valuing unusual conduct is not as good as being careful about ordinary actions Picture Quote #1

One grows accustomed to being praised, or being blamed, or being advised, but it is unusual to be understood Picture Quote #1

Hollywood didn’t know if I was an actor or a nut or if I was this crazy character I was playing. I had developed an image of being a little bit unusual, different and wild Picture Quote #1

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I’ve had a very unusual background in science - not the usual route of planning on being a scientist from age 3. I think my story shows that success is more about personal motivation and determination than it is about where you were born or what your economic status was Picture Quote #1

It was really unusual to go from being in university for four years to all of a sudden acting every day. I’d never been able to do it exclusively like that. It was always sort of like my secret thing that I did privately Picture Quote #1

My memoir is being published by Beaufort Books and will be available fall of 2015. It’s about my unusual life as a child actor and how I made the unpopular choice to leave Hollywood, grow up, and stop pretending Picture Quote #1

I loved almost everything about being a teacher, but I was an unusual teacher Picture Quote #1

I have made a living off the way I look, and I have really learnt to accept myself for being unusual Picture Quote #1

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I sit with people who are dying. I’m one of those unusual types that enjoys being with someone when they’re dying because I know I am going to be in the presence of Truth. (Being Unusual Quotes) These death sentences are cruel and unusual in the same way that being struck by lightning is cruel and unusual. (Being Unusual Quotes) It’s like I’ve experienced quite a weird and unusual life, you know, being with a mom who’s a single parent and struggling with money and things like that. It’s really hard. And it brings a lot of other insecurities in life and a lot of other issues in life, in school and a bunch of other things. (Being Unusual Quotes) It is a very unusual sector and the one thing I would ask of them is to understand that for most of them one-third of their films are being financed by the taxpayer and that carries huge accountability and responsibility. (Being Unusual Quotes) Acting is an art form. If you are not creating something that’s unusual and informative and at least has the possibility of being illuminating, then you are not into it as an art form. (Being Unusual Quotes) I didn’t realise my upbringing was unusual until my teens. As the child of two actors, I presumed that visiting film sets and being surrounded by colourful characters was normal. (Being Unusual Quotes) The process of being filmed was, I found, peculiar but not discomfiting. At 13, you are malleable, adaptable, better able to take the unusual in your stride. (Being Unusual Quotes) I still get called ‘a stick of dynamite’ or ‘pint-sized dynamo,’ stuff like that. Actually, I was too busy to notice there was anything unusual about being a woman director until the early 1980s, when I looked around the professional theater and realized there weren’t many of us. You have to make more of a case for yourself than any man. (Being Unusual Quotes) My character is somebody who is smaller in stature and yet who’s strong, so to see the fighting situations between people who are not generally thought of being strong is in itself unusual and therefore interesting, I think. (Being Unusual Quotes) Valuing unusual conduct is not as good as being careful about ordinary actions (Being Unusual Quotes) One grows accustomed to being praised, or being blamed, or being advised, but it is unusual to be understood. (Being Unusual Quotes) Hollywood didn’t know if I was an actor or a nut or if I was this crazy character I was playing. I had developed an image of being a little bit unusual, different and wild. (Being Unusual Quotes) I’ve had a very unusual background in science - not the usual route of planning on being a scientist from age 3. I think my story shows that success is more about personal motivation and determination than it is about where you were born or what your economic status was. (Being Unusual Quotes) It was really unusual to go from being in university for four years to all of a sudden acting every day. I’d never been able to do it exclusively like that. It was always sort of like my secret thing that I did privately (Being Unusual Quotes) My memoir is being published by Beaufort Books and will be available fall of 2015. It’s about my unusual life as a child actor and how I made the unpopular choice to leave Hollywood, grow up, and stop pretending (Being Unusual Quotes) I loved almost everything about being a teacher, but I was an unusual teacher (Being Unusual Quotes) I have made a living off the way I look, and I have really learnt to accept myself for being unusual (Being Unusual Quotes)