Jewel Staite Quotes

#1. There's nothing better than a sci-fi fan, let me tell you. Once you're in with them, you're in for life.

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#2. I am not a food critic. Or a chef. Or even a professional writer. What I am schooled in the art of, however, is enjoying myself.

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#3. I have no desire to direct at all. I know how much pressure it is, and, trust me, it's so much easier and so much more fun to be an actor.

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#4. If you don't respect me you're not gonna get that respect back.

David Hasselhoff

#5. The self-realized spirit is merely a spirit emancipated from fear, judgement and knowing.

Bryant McGill

#6. The sci-fi genre just happens to have a lot of really great characters for women.

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#7. I've never been a particular fan of any genre.

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#8. I think 'Teenage Wasteland' was one of those cult hits like 'My So-Called Life', something that came along and got a lot of viewers and then somehow fell into a bad timeslot that nobody ever watched, and then the network pulled the plug prematurely.

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#9. The fact of the matter is that we're all aging, and there's this stigma that older actresses don't work as much as younger actresses, and I don't think that's true anymore.

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#10. If your feet are in two buckets and the average temperature of the water is 90 degrees, you're probably fine - unless one bucket is at 35 and the other is at 145 degrees. On average, you're fine. Based on variation, though, you're miserable.

Seth Godin

#11. I think a good role model has to be sexy. Real, empowered, self-possessed women are sexy. When you're really in control of your choices, your mood, your body, and your opinions, people find you sexy.

Amanda Palmer

#12. I've just always loved really good projects. The things that draw me into a new project have very little to do with genre and have more to do with the characters I'll be playing, the people I'll get to work with and things like that.

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#13. I had an amazing time on 'Stargate: Atlantis', and a really great run on that show, which was shot in my hometown. It was kind of a dream job.

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#14. I reinvented myself. I acquired a taste for evil. I found I have a talent for it. And I murdered the old me.

Mark Kirkbride

#15. I started out doing things like 'Flash Forward,' where I was the girl-next-door, and then, I did a show called 'Higher Ground,' where I played this really mean, sarcastic girl. Then 'Firefly' happened, and everybody thought of me as this bubbly, sweet girl-next-door again.

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#16. I've had to gain weight for roles and ugly myself up for roles. So yeah, I'm game. I'm game for that kind of thing. I'm certainly not too vain in that respect. If it's a great role, I'm willing to do whatever it is that it takes.

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#17. 'Firefly' was and always will be such a positive thing for me. I hold a lot of really good memories associated to that show.

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#18. Trust me, there are as many ways of living as there are men, and one is no more fit to lead another, than a bird to lead a fish, or a fish a quadruped.

Frances Wright

#19. For me, marriage is a grotesque, unforgiving, clunky contrivance. Yet society pushes it as a shimmering ideal.

George Meyer

#20. I decided to build up my band in Buffalo because Buffalo was where I had originally built up my own musical strength.

Rick James

#21. My job is never boring. It's always new, exciting, and challenging, and I get a rush every time I go to work. I'm the luckiest person on the planet to be able to do what I love for a living.

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