Maggie Q quotes
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“We rarely grow when we're happy, we grow when we hurt.”
-- Maggie QSource : "Maggie Q Talks NIKITA Season 2 Finale and What She’d Like to See in Season 3". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. MAY 15, 2012.
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“The United Nations four or five years ago put out a study that said the meat industry, meat-eating, growing meat for food is the No. 1 killer of our planet - not No. 2 or No. 3: No 1. You know what's No. 2? Transportation. Everyone thinks that No. 1 is transportation, and goes out and buys a hybrid car. Screw the hybrid cars. Don't eat hamburgers.”
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“I weirdly feel very natural, in the physicality that comes my way, whether it's guns, cars or whatever. For some reason, it's second nature to me.”
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“I'm bringing what I've always wanted: film quality work on television. That's the way it should be.”
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“I'm not a vampire movie fan, per se. That's not to say that I haven't enjoyed movies with vampires in them.”
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“I've gotten used to the point where I'm so used to being sweaty! I like to wear less makeup and be tougher!”
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“My goal when I make my show is to make a show for women. I don't make a show for men.”
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“The 1970s 'Wonder Woman' was sort of a kitsch thing. It was a very specific time for that, and it's hard to modernize something like that.”
-- Maggie QSource : "Comic-Con: TV's 6 Most Wanted Women". Interview with Lacey Rose, www.hollywoodreporter.com. July 19, 2011.
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“The student will try to defy the master. Always.”
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“I love shooting guns. Not at people or animals, but I love shooting blanks!”
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“I like PETA as a group for many reasons, but one of the reasons that I admire them is that they say and do the things that other groups won't do.”
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“Here's my goal: I want to make a seriously dark show, and not on a network that has ever done that.”
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“When people go through tragic circumstances, it's not that there is no love there, but it's so hard to deal with and sometimes the gap starts to happen.”
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“Our choices are going to determine the future for our children, our children's children, and their children. I take that responsibility very seriously.”
-- Maggie QSource : "‘Nikita’ Star Maggie Q On What’s Ahead In Season 3 And Her New PETA Campaign". Interview with Laura Prudom, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 8, 2013.
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“It's just cool for a girl to be able to do her own thing. I do a lot of movies, and I'm very lucky, and I'm not complaining. But in movies, alongside big action men, we've always got to take a step back and let the men shine.”
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“Sometimes you're famous before you're good.”
-- Maggie QSource : "Nikita Infiltrates New York" by Scott Collura, www.ign.com. October 10, 2010.
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“As women, I think it helps that we are complex creatures by nature so just being a woman helps to understand a woman's journey.”
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“My manager's biggest dream is for me to be on Letterman. She says, 'Oh, Maggie, will you promise me you'll be on 'Letterman?†What can I say? I just tell her I can't promise, but I'll try my best.”
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“When you come to America, it's a very serious thing. It's not like you arrive and they say, 'Hey, come on! Do movies!' I can't just be hopping around. I have to focus and be still and make sure that I put the time and effort in. Because if I don't, I could lose it like that.”
-- Maggie QSource : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
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“There is nothing cooler than having lines like, 'Batman, the fate of the world is upon us.' Who gets to say that? And who gets to say that in a deep, earnest, amazingly sexy way?”
-- Maggie QSource : "Young justice: Maggie Q is Wonder Woman" by Eric Goldman, www.ign.com. March 13,2012.
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“There was a time where I thought I could only date vegans. I was wrong because I was missing the fact that somebody should be right for me first, instead of just having similar values.”
-- Maggie QSource : Interview with Radheyan Simonpillai, www.askmen.com.
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“I'm not a wushu champion. I was an athlete when I was a kid. I was a swimmer and a runner, but all this action stuff is such a challenge. It really, really is.”
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“The CW is a very fashion-oriented network and they like their stars to look a certain way. I like that, but at the same time, I need Nikita to be toned down a bit. You can't draw too much attention to Nikita because she's an assassin.”
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“I'm just totally into being strong. There's something about wanting to get a jar or whatever out of a high cupboard, or moving a sofa over because my dog's bone rolled under it, and not having to call anyone for help. There's comfort in that.”
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“I enjoy privacy. I think it's nice to have a little mystery. I think because of technology a lot of the mystery is gone in life, and I'd like to preserve some of that.”
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“I don't work out and be healthy and want a strong body because I want to look good in a bikini. I do all of those things for me and for my health. I'm not going on the cover of 'Maxim' and 'FHM' because that's not me.”
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“I don't do anything but sleep, when I'm not working. I have no life. I'm no fun. All I want to do is sleep and get ready for the next day. It's awesome.”
-- Maggie QSource : "Maggie Q Interview NIKITA". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 26, 2010.
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“Audiences are so much more sophisticated than they've ever been. They expect a lot more. I don't think because it's an hour of your Thursday night rather than an hour and a half of your weekend that you should be gypped at all in quality.”
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“You should see me during an action film. I look like an abuse victim.”
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“Facebook? I have no clue about it. MySpace, none of that. I'm the worst.”
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“Not only do I not want to be stereotyped as this Asian girl who fights - gee, what a wonder - but also I have more to offer than that.”
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“I don't know how people box for a living. I don't know how they can just hurt people for a living and be OK with it.”
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“I don't think you can be successful in television without appealing to women. I don't think it's possible. I think that men like women. It doesn't really matter what they do - they love anything. But women don't necessarily like every woman, so I think that's a challenge to get the female audience to not only relate to you but also like you.”
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