Julia Louis-Dreyfus Quotes

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Profession : Actress

Birth : January 13, 1961

I have no agenda except to be funny. Neither I or the writers profess to offer any worldly wisdom.

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Elaine is just in pain. I think Elaine has become very, very sad woman. She is someone who is in deep need of many hours of analysis and I like to think that I'm not that type of person.

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Before computers, telephone lines and television connect us, we all share the same air, the same oceans, the same mountains and rivers. We are all equally responsible for protecting them.

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The war and terrorism in the Middle East, the crisis of leadership in many of the oil-supply countries in the developing world, the crisis of global warming - all these are very clearly tied to energy.

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Everybody seems to know me. It's very strange.

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If you feel rooted in your home and family, if you're active in your community, there's nothing more empowering. The best way to make a difference in the world is to start by making a difference in your own life.

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Even my great grand-mother did impressions.

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When I was growing up, I always thought my hair was messy.

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I always wanted to perform.

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We are 5 percent of the global population and consume a third of the total resources - on some level we should all feel guilty relative to the world.

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I walk around feeling a sort of existential guilt all the time; and honestly for me this house is a way of feeling less guilty about the universe.

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When I got pregnant my foot grew, but I was denying it. I've been denying it for three years.

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I'm not the type to cut back on hot showers, but there's no harm in hot water when it's warmed by the sun.

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It's much more acceptable for men to work and father kids. There's an inherent inequality, because we want to do it all, and I don't know how we can do this all.

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It is, I think, harder for women. I haven't quite figured it out, and all of my women friends haven't figured it out -how the hell do you do this? How do you work and have families?

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I really do like to work. I will work again. But on my terms.

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There's a pressure regardless of that to do a good show.

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My goal is, of course, for this show to do well, and I would love it if people liked it.

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As an actress, it appeals to me because I love the idea of playing those in-between moments, the sort of behavioral stuff that one might not normally see.

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The fact of the matter is that everybody treats me pretty much as one of the boys, which I take as a great compliment.

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