Bonnie Hunt Quotes

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Bonnie Hunt

Profession : Actress

Birth : September 22, 1961

I have a great affinity for senior citizens.

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I worked at a nursing home though high school... There's a lost appreciation for a generation that has so much to tell us when we're so full of self-help books and doctors on TV.

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I would hope to have some of the same audience that Oprah has earned. And I would love to earn that, as well.

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When the Pixar people call, you jump at the opportunity.

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I'm from an Irish Catholic family.

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When you're an actress, you are a part of the storytelling process. You have to do the same thing when you direct.

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I'm a blue-collar Chicago girl raised on wonderful movies my mom took us to, ones that had a lot of heart.

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My dad was a man of great wisdom in his short time here.

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I was very down as a teenager, very upset because I had gotten hurt in a car accident. But my dad was a source of strength. He used to say, 'It's the character with strength that God gives the most challenges to.' I've thought about that so many times in my life when things didn't go right.

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My only power is my ability to do something with passion and do it well. It's also something someone cannot take way from me, so it's very valuable.

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I don't have the fear of my looks changing.

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If an executive producer has written a certain line, and an actress says it, and it's not very funny, you don't dare go to them and say, 'I don't like this,' because it will make your life miserable.

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When you're the mom in a big family comedy, you have to get your personality when you can.

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Over the years, if you look at the films of people like Billy Wilder, Preston Sturges, Frank Capra, their supporting characters, even if it's a doorman with two lines, always seem three-dimensional. To me, that's a sign of good storytelling.

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I think you have to see the high highs and the low lows to get to the core of what makes us tick as people.

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I loved when my folks would watch 'The Dean Martin Show.'

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To have children on the set, you realize that if a 10-year-old can do it, who are you kidding? It humbles you.

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I love talking to people and finding out their opinion.

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Barry Levinson saw me on a tape and put me in 'Rain Man' as the waitress who dropped the toothpicks. The scene was talked about a lot. Then, all of a sudden, I started to get more auditions.

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I think what happens is that some writers, who are so great in television or whatever, once they become successful, they get out of the loop of real life. It's real hard to draw on something to write.

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