Condola Quotes

#1. I realized that once I graduated from college, there might be a period of time where people might typecast me or be more limiting, and I might not be able to play a crazy character. For me, it was important to do that at least in school.

Condola Rashad

#2. I have had a lot to put up with," she said, looking meaningfully at me. "I know the Bible tells us to turn the other cheek but there are only so many cheeks in a day.

Jeanette Winterson

#3. I think even when I was little there was signs that I was an artist. I've always been an artist.

Condola Rashad

#4. [In New York,] when you say you're an actor, there's a certain level of respect that goes with that.

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#5. When I'm in Los Angeles, sometimes I hesitate saying that I'm an actor because people are like, "Of course you are." And I'm like "No, not, 'Of course I am.'"

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#6. My view of myself as an artist expanded because of the time I spent at Cal Arts.

Condola Rashad

#7. The way I work emotionally is: I don't ever try to cry. I try not to, which is what for me produces organic emotion.

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#8. According to the prevailing extroversion assumption, inviting you is a nice gesture, and pressuring you is a compliment - an indication that you are wanted. How many times have you equivocated on or even declined an invitation, only to be asked again - and again?

Laurie A. Helgoe

#9. I wasn't even a theater kid in high school. I studied classical piano, and I ran track.

Condola Rashad

#10. The reason why I like theater is because it's a long journey, and no matter what role you play, we are all in it together.

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#11. Never miss an opportunity to keep your damn mouth shut.

Duff McKagan

#12. I really want to do film, but I want to do the right film. The truth for me is that I'm really driven by stories. So there are stories I want to tell, and if it's a good story then I want to do it, whatever genre it is.

Condola Rashad

#13. The European Union, which is not directly responsible to voters, provides an irresistible opportunity for European elites to seize power in order to impose their own vision on a newly socially regimented Europe.

Maggie Gallagher

#14. Theater is a lot more interactive, more of a cohesive unit. With television, it can be a different director every episode.

Condola Rashad

#15. There are many things that go to make up an education, but there are just two things without which no man can ever hope to have an education and these two things are character and good manners.

Nicholas Murray Butler

#16. I started playing piano when I was around four; that's my first passion.

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#17. One day I'm not busy at all; the next day I have work for months - that's kind of the way it works!

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#18. Personally, especially as a young black woman, I didn't think that Los Angeles was a place for me to start. There's a certain type that they go for or don't.

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#19. My mom was really busy when I was growing up, but she did a really good job in terms of balancing her home life with her professional life. She basically took me everywhere.

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#20. My favorite films are when all of the technicalities are so seamless and so well done that I'm not thinking about them - you're able to go full-on into the story versus talking about edgy this moment was.

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#21. If I see something that's extremely challenging, I'm like, 'That seems really hard. Let's try it.' It's just my personality.

Condola Rashad

#22. Take that bone out of your nose and call me back (to an African American female caller).

Rush Limbaugh

#23. You have to put these hooks in it, you know? You've got to make sure you got all that ear candy in it to get it through the gate.

Mark Ronson

#24. You know how there's always the one girl in drama school who can cry at the drop of a hat? She has that emotional well she can tap into in a second? I'm not that girl. It takes a lot to get me to that place.

Condola Rashad

#25. I prefer theater and film. I did a little television, and obviously I'm not knocking it. It can be great, and it does pay the bills. But it's a little bit more disjointed.

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#26. My first exploration through art was really through music - I've trained classically with piano for about ten years.

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#27. William Shakespeare was a brilliant writer and he only wrote the truth. So, if I don't believe it, I have to work really hard to see what that truth is so that I do; that's the only way I can make it believable for the audience.

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#28. Always be yourself ... unless you're mean and narcissistic; then don't.

Charles F. Glassman

#29. I'm a songwriter and I'd love to make that a part of my career.

Condola Rashad

#30. I admire fashion and I respect it greatly, but I don't necessarily follow trends. I never really have. I just wear what I like to wear. I really like colors, and there are some things I wear and don't care what anybody says about it being in style or not. I wear it anyway.

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#31. My thing is that if you don't really connect to something or see that it's going to be something you're going to be proud of, I wouldn't do it.

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#32. Shakespeare teaches you how to act. You come out of this process as a better actor. It's just the nature of the words he writes.

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#33. I grew up in the theater with my mom and that's how I knew I wanted to be an actor in the first place.

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#34. The big challenge is finding something new without changing completely what you've already done - going deeper into what you've already done and discovering new things while carrying out the same intention.

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#35. There are a lot of celebrities that I think can get a little bit distracted by the way that our society views celebrity. All of a sudden, the film becomes about, "Come see this celebrity!" I'm not interested in that. I want to see a story.

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#36. I wanted to become an actor and I knew that if I was really going to do it, I needed the training. I was not one of those people that was like, "I got it." I was like, "No, I don't have it yet. I need work. I need help fixing myself."

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#37. In L.A., being an actor is like a pastime, everybody there is like, "I was on this reality show; I'm an actor." It becomes a word that is loosely thrown around.

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