Alison Sudol Quotes

Alison Sudol

Profession : Actress

Birth : December 23, 1984

As a person life has always been a bit of a challenge for me and I have spent so much of my early years in fear and I think that making music makes me want to be more courageous.

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Once one goal is checked off, you have to up the ante just to keep yourself sane.

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I felt I had to choose between being pretty or smart or athletic, and stick to it because if you try to do more than one, you have nowhere to belong. Then music was a boy's world and a lot of times men assumed I didn't know what I was doing because I was young and female.

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I want you to feel in 'Riversong' like you're floating down a river on your back, and you're looking at the stars, and everything is incredibly still and peaceful.

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I'm a terrible parallel parker.

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There's a certain amount of pressure that you get from being a popular artist, and I think in the past I put a lot of pressure on myself, too. But I always knew that writing hits wasn't really my strong suit.

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Whether it's a photograph or a piece of clothing, a leather bag or a film, I tend to gravitate towards simple, beautifully made, quietly lovely things. They make me happy.

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I've had a lot of experience with not allowing myself to experience certain emotions, like anger and confidence, and with acting you're in this space where it's safe to fully go there.

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It's fun to play for the 12- and 13-year-olds. The looks on their faces are amazing. Young kids don't have social anxieties. They'll yell things out and sing loudly.

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I firmly believe in real-life fairy tales.

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There are two things I love about Temescal. One is the sense of space that you get when you get to the top. You can see for ages. You can see the ocean spread out before you, but you also feel like you're in the mountains. And second is the smell of it, which I love most when I've been traveling a long time.

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If I'm in a social situation where I'm triggered, I go into the bathroom and move and shake and breathe.

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You won't find me out in a club. I'm a bit unruly, in my own way.

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I want to have a long career, so I'm fine with it growing slowly.

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I found movies to be such a beautiful escape.

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I'm just really not good at being like anybody else or writing like anybody else.

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I think you can do a lot with lyrics and melody.

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When you have goals and dreams and things that you've been wanting your whole life, and then they actually start happening and you start checking things off your list, it's like, whaaat? Huhhh?

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I do consider myself an actress now. I think 'Dig' and 'Transparent' have given me the confidence.

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I was in a commercial when I was three. My godfather was a director and a producer of commercials. He took me in along with his kids and I couldn't remember my lines. I giggled my way through the commercial and they kept it.

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