Rashida Jones Quotes

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Rashida Jones

Profession : Actress

Birth : February 25, 1976

I think anybody who has had a long relationship and has had a really hard time letting go, wants to feel like it's not all for naught, and it's meaningful, because it makes you who you are.

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My first love, I'll never forget, and it's such a big part of who I am, and in so many ways, we could never be together, but that doesn't mean that it's not forever. Because it is forever.

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I like to be in a European city where I can speak my language.

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As much as my parents are part of Hollywood, I have no recollection of them giving me advice about it.

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People don't believe this, but Hollywood really is a meritocracy.

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I don't think that there's been one example in history where somebody has openly talked about their personal life and it's done them any good.

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Comedy is like music, and the way to make the best music is to have skilled musicians in your band.

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I love being part of an ensemble.

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I have a lot of girl friends who are very adept at making friends, and guys are just not.

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I would be an idiot to say comedy is easy, but it does come naturally. It never feels forced.

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If I can surround myself with hilarious people every day, I will always want to go to work.

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I probably wouldn't be acting if I didn't grow up in Hollywood.

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A question I get asked a lot is 'What is it like to play the straight guy all the time?' And I'm totally okay with it.

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I am generally cast as the dependable, affable, loving, friend-wife-girlfriend.

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My pet peeve and my goal in life is to somehow get an adjective for 'integrity' in the dictionary. 'Truthful' doesn't really cover it, or 'genuine.' It should be like 'integritus.'

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Women have been interesting forever.

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I think there's just an inherent burden of being alive and being a woman. No man would ever admit that, but I think women know it, which is: You know more than men, you know more than most people you're dealing with every day, and you know that's it up to you to make things move forward, and you get paid half as much, but you just do it.

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Good rom-coms have some reflection of the way things are, the sign of the times.

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I have to say, you know, I've seen so many people go through the cycle and become famous and not famous anymore and, you know, want - have their priorities change and want different things.

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I totally believe in romance and love and all that.

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