Cathy Moriarty Quotes

#1. Don't take anything for granted. If you don't believe in yourself, nobody else will. Have a little more confidence.

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#2. I like being independent; I like doing things myself. I'm an instinctual person.

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#3. I learned one thing from De Niro: He taught me to listen. Nobody says anything strictly from the script. It's improvised. It was the best piece of advice I have ever gotten in my life. It has helped me through the past thirty years.

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#4. A lot of people think I'm snotty. So what? They never asked me out when I was serving cheeseburgers.

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#5. I made mistakes. I let other people influence me and make decisions, sometimes without my knowledge.

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#6. Robert De Niro taught me how to listen, and how to be part of the conversation. It's not just about reading your lines and saying what's in the script; you have to understand your character, along with the other characters so that you can always respond.

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#7. I think I'm plain. I'm normal. I'm plain. I try not to stand out. I don't wear colors.

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#8. The truth is, ever since I was little, I've wanted to be an actor more than I ever wanted to be a movie star.

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#9. Sometimes you get caught up living something that's not true. The people around you, the people you're involved with, are not the right people.

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#10. Don't be so hard on yourself. Be a little harder on yourself. Learn from your experiences. Don't dwell on things. Get on with your life.

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#11. The way I grew up, when you're married, you have to stay married together.

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#12. I can't say there were parts I was offered and turned down, but there were meetings for parts that I didn't go to, meetings I should have gone to, meetings I was advised against going to. I listened to that advice.

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