Carla Gugino Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“My favorite thing is to have a big dinner with friends and talk about life.”
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“I started acting when I was 13, so acting has been, with great fortune, my job since I could get a job.”
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“I feel that's the richest gift that's ever been given to me: I get to do what I love. And it's a really brutal business, and no matter how successful you are you hear "No" more than "Yes."”
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“I think that once somebody sees something, or feels it in the consciousness of society, it starts to allow change for other people.”
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“I think maybe because I moved a lot in my childhood, I'm a little bit of a gypsy by nature.”
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“I do think that's one of the reasons that acting appealed to me so much: the idea of letting go of control in a controlled environment. Being able to go through the range of intense emotions and jump off the cliff, metaphorically, but in a creative way, and in a way where the structure was really solid.”
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“I was a really, really serious kid. And a really kind of controlling kid. Like I had things that, now, people would say are like - there's a name for many disorders as we know - but I would say, "If I pick this rubber band, then this will happen." It was that kind of want to control things, which I think all kids have to some extent.”
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“I have a very strong work ethic, and I'm very grateful for that. But I think there was a moment when I realized, "Oh, I can play a little as well."”
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“I was the person who did academics until the middle of the day, then went on auditions. I think there was a moment later in my life where I was like, "What am I doing? Why am I so serious?" .”
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“I'm much more of a kid now than I was when I was a kid. I was the kind of kid who was valedictorian, a straight-A student. My mom used to say, "Please stop studying and get outside."”
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“What I love about him [Robert Rodriguez] is that he understands that actors are transformational. It's a natural instinct to ask people to do what you've seen them do before. Until you see someone do something new, you don't know what they can.”
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“I played the mom in Spy Kids when I was, like, 27. So it was ridiculous. But [Robert Rodriguez] was like, "You know what? If we do our job right, no one will question it." And nobody did.”
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“There is something in these moments of crisis that is really extraordinary about humanity and human beings' resilience and the way in which everyone naturally comes together. I think you see the best in people in those moments for better or for worse and you find your best self.”
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“She's a (lesbian), but with a body like that she could get any man she wants.”
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“I kind of knew it wasn't going to be until my 30s that I really hit my stride as an actor.”
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“As an actor, you're naked emotionally; you're revealing yourself emotionally.”
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“Personally, just as an actor, I love accents; they're fun.”
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“When my friends have a health concern, they call me. Ive always been a vitamin taker. I also take digestive enzymes and antioxidants, and supplements that help with the thyroid and adrenals for my time-zone changes.”
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“I'm a sensualist. My two main indulgences are dark chocolate and massages.”
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“I've joked that I would have either become schizophrenic or an actress, but as an actress you can do both.”
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“My father and my mother separated when I was two.”
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“My tendency as an actor is, when there's a certain energy, I feel a challenge to match it, to come up to that plate and play on the same level.”
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“One of the most important things for an actor is to observe humanity.”
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“Sexuality is one of the biggest parts of who we are.”
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“You know, I used to be made fun of as a kid for being really articulate; it was sort of like a strange thing.”
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“I can pretty much take care of myself; I don't walk around with much fear.”
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“I'll always take an artistic endeavor over a career move.”
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