There's a perceived inverse relation between looks and talent. Look at Charlize Theron - she made herself ugly for 'Monster' and suddenly everyone said 'she's a genius.' It shouldn't be like that.
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Related I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only... RICK RIORDAN I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON I've got a few ideas," (Amy) admitted. "But I don't know where we're going in the long term. I mean ... RICK RIORDAN Alas, I think I am becoming a god. TITUS Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name. LUCAN I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate. LUCAN I always find Victoria's Secret models a bit weird. EDIE CAMPBELL Don't have to see," the pilot grunted. "Olga knows the way." "Funny name for an aircraft... GORDON KORMAN Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. SENECA Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness. SENECA We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing. SENECA Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take... SENECA Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life. SENECA Luck is where opportunity meets preparation. SENECA Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures. SENECA I'm proud to say that I was that guy playing the character of Dr. Burke on 'Grey's Anato... ISAIAH WASHINGTON Charlize Theron is perfect. She holds herself with so much poise and grace. I don't know if she ... ALEXANDRA DADDARIO Before 'Grey's Anatomy,' I was doing musicals, plays, commercials, you name it. CHANDRA WILSON We didn't take Charlize Theron seriously until she did 'Monster' and became physically u... AMBER HEARD Look at Jessica Simpson. She's famous for being dumb. I guess it started with Marylyn Monroe, an... DANICA MCKELLAR I think I'm comedy-attractive, but it's never gonna be me and Charlize Theron up there. JENNIFER COOLIDGE They got rid of bottled water. We got thermoses that say 'Grey's Anatomy Season 4' with ... BROOKE SMITH I think Charlize Theron is just as good when she is looking really pretty in a movie as when she gai... DIANE KRUGER I don't look at her like she's a bad girl. She just misunderstood sometime, she's a litt... AIDA TURTURRO Harry Potter to me is a bore. His talent arrives as a gift; he's chosen. Who can identify with t... IRA GLASS Doing something for Victoria's Secret would be great - I love Doutzen Kroes. She's so specia... YMRE STIEKEMA I guess because I pay so much attention to the physical part of the character, I don't look upon... CHARLIZE THERON I would love to do a dramatic comedy. All of that, it all interests me. At some point I want to do m... ELIZA COUPE La vida es un regalo diario. Valóralo. Al final, lo que importa no son los años de vida, sino la v... PAOLA CALASANZ ''DULCINEA'' When a woman buys shoes, she takes them out of the box and looks at herself in the mirror. But she i... CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN If a woman tells you she's twenty and looks sixteen, she's twelve. If she tells you she'... CHRIS ROCK Look at someone like Ke$ha. I wouldn't say she's got the most rangy, incredible voice, but s... KARA DIOGUARDI I overheard people saying, 'She thinks she's so great because she's Debbie Reynolds'... CARRIE FISHER Whenever we say a person's name, notice whether we have stated more than a fact. For example, th... JOKO BECK No matter what a woman looks like, if she's confident, she's sexy. PARIS HILTON When I look in the mirror, I don't see a person who's made the kind of impact that Mia Hamm ... ABBY WAMBACH You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it. Democr... VIGGO MORTENSEN You want to know why Barbra Streisand is so difficult? Because she's brilliant. She's a bril... JERRY LEWIS We shouldn't all be fixated just on what's not available. We should take a step back and loo... TIM COOK If somebody's pointing a trembling finger at your pants and saying you shouldn't be doing th... JOCK STURGES I like low-maintenance girls, but at the same time, classy. She needs to take care of herself. But a... CHRIS BROWN Ain't no sunshine when she's gone, It's not warm when she's away, Ain't no sunsh... BILL WITHERS As a female there aren't too many characters that are very empowering, and there's something... CAMILLA LUDDINGTON That's why I made decisions; they were tough decisions but we shouldn't feel bad at all - do... SCOTT MCCALLUM 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' isn't a great movie because Audrey Hepburn is brilliant and... CAMPBELL SCOTT You know a lot of times you'll find girls in a club are jaded to the other girls in the club. Th... WILLA FORD My husband was just OK looking. I was in labor and I said to him, 'What if she's ugly? You... BEVERLY JOHNSON I want to play a character I've never been before-a crazy serial killer like Charlize Theron in ... JENNIFER LAWRENCE if you can't have the one you love, you can love the one you have IRAZ 'DEALOVA' On 'Grey's Anatomy,' I didn't have to move too much. I think I ran through the hospi... ERIC DANE I think talking about one's love life is always... It's a Pandora's box, best kept in jo... EMMA CAULFIELD It's always been my dream to look like Mariah Carey in my photos with a microphone. I don't ... SOLANGE KNOWLES If you can believe it, Hollywood wanted to change my birthdate. I was born after Valentine's Day... CESAR ROMERO There's a roller derby girl that goes by that name, 'Nerd Rage,' and she named herself a... BRIAN POSEHN She's true to herself and she's determined. She has things going against her, but she forges... MOLLY SHANNON I see my sister, and she's on her second baby, and I'm like, 'That's success.' H... ADRIENNE BAILON I think we have the best women's division on Smackdown Live. But, I miss Charlotte like a son of... BECKY LYNCH I thought Charlize Theron was awesome in 'Mad Max,' and that was a very masculine kind of he... COLIN TREVORROW It's harder to be angry at home when we lose. When it was just me and the missus, she didn't... HARRY KANE Anne Boleyn isn't a sympathetic character, but I like that she isn't a people pleaser. She... LYDIA LEONARD I want Maggie Gyllenhaal. I don't know why. I don't think she necessarily looks like me or a... DIABLO CODY I look at Liv Tyler and think 'It's not fair', because I can't find a flaw on her. A... TORI SPELLING Meryl Streep's brilliant, just brilliant. I've been fortunate to do two movies with Meryl. A... JEFF DANIELS I don't care what I look like; it's how people think of me. And I do care how people think o... MILLIE BOBBY BROWN In domestic life, the woman's value is inherent, unquantifiable; at home she exchanges proven va... RACHEL CUSK Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allo... BERNADETTE DEVLIN It wasn't long before people discovered the final horrors of letting an urchin into Parliament. BERNADETTE DEVLIN One American said that the most interesting thing about Holy Ireland was that its people hate each o... BERNADETTE DEVLIN To gain what is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else. BERNADETTE DEVLIN In some instances, I don't care what people think. In other instances, I do - especially because... TERI POLO I don't revisit anything unless there's a really good occasion, like BAM screened 'This ... GABY HOFFMANN The day that I saw Whoopi Goldberg on television, I cried so hard because I kept looking at my daddy... LESLIE JONES I say, 'Yeah, Taylor Swift.' I think she is a smart, beautiful girl. I think she's makin... DOLLY PARTON Jessica Alba to me is on the top of the food chain. She's gorgeous, she's smart, and she rea... BOB HARPER To this day, I've found that it doesn't matter what a guy looks like if he's really funn... CATHERINE O'HARA There's a definite responsibility that comes with being famous. You shouldn't be able to jus... RASHIDA JONES I'd be nothing without my wife. She's the coolest. She's the greatest. She is the smarte... JIMMY FALLON There are so few strong roles for women, especially young women. And Veronica is very serious but al... KRISTEN BELL When you model, there's no way you can't notice yourself. Do you know what I mean? Because y... CARA DELEVINGNE I'll tell you, Liz Cheney is going to be a very good candidate. I worked with her during the Bus... MARK MCKINNON I'm sure there's somebody out there who doesn't like Betty White because she's short... ELLEN DEGENERES It's like saying French shouldn't be taught because you don't understand it because it... SAMUEL BARNETT I get letters every year from women who think Valentine's Day is an empty exercise, but are iron... DAN SAVAGE When I go, if there's a tombstone it will say, She doesn't give in. She doesn't give up.... DORIS ROBERTS Upper berth, lower berth, that's the difference between talent and genius. GEORGE GERSHWIN I look at Jessica Alba and think she's got a great body. I think that's what women are suppo... ASHLEY TISDALE Even in the very beginning when she would bump into George Valentine and people would start taking p... BERENICE BEJO Gossip needn't be false to be evil - there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed aro... FRANK A. CLARK There isn't a day when I don't look in the mirror and think, 'How in the hell did I beco... ANDREW BREITBART That little Miley Cyrus... she's like a little Elvis. The kids love her because she's Hannah... DOLLY PARTON The biggest critics are in the comments online. People are so judgmental of me. It's like, '... ALESSIA CARA I loved Julia Louis-Dreyfus's show 'The New Adventures of Old Christine.' That made me l... HELEN HUNT
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