The only reason you brought me here tonight was because you thought it would appease me. Throw the vicious dog a bone and it’ll soon be eating out of your hand!” “More like vicious bitch,” he muttered beneath his breath and when he realised that she had heard him, he shrugged unrepentantly. “If you’re going to be using animal metaphors, you may as well get it right.” “Fine, I’m a bitch… whatever!” She knew her response was childish but she was feeling more than a little put out by the situation.
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NATASHA TRETHEWEY I think that it's hard enough being an adolescent and wanting so much to fit in with your peers,... NATASHA TRETHEWEY My own journey in becoming a poet began with memory - with the need to record and hold on to what wa... NATASHA TRETHEWEY The first thing I tried to do in the months after losing my mother was to write a poem. I found myse... NATASHA TRETHEWEY I was definitely incredibly close to my dad, in a way that was all-encompassing. I am close to my mu... NATASHA RICHARDSON Part of the reason for moving to New York was the sense that it just didn't matter how much work... NATASHA RICHARDSON I always felt too young and selfish to have children of my own. NATASHA RICHARDSON The degree that these scenes went to... there was a couple of days I was upset... I'd have to hu... NATASHA RICHARDSON A film is a director's vision... there is, however, much input an actor or actress can have. NATASHA RICHARDSON I knew that for this movie to work it had to be very hot and very real, and it wasn't going to b... NATASHA RICHARDSON As I grew up in that world and saw how much it affected her world and how much it affected our child... NATASHA RICHARDSON I know the pressures of being the daughter of a great actress. But it's inspiring. You learn so ... NATASHA RICHARDSON I'm not the kind of actress that goes home with the character. I mean, you're thinking about... NATASHA RICHARDSON I've played comedy before but not that much. I mostly do get drawn to darker material. NATASHA RICHARDSON What's in the movie compared to what we shot is the tip of the iceberg. NATASHA RICHARDSON I wake up every morning feeling lucky - which is driven by fear, no doubt, since I know it could all... NATASHA RICHARDSON What my father especially taught me was to not always take the safe road, the easy road. If you are ... NATASHA RICHARDSON I don't really feel like I need to be a teenager ever again. NATASHA LYONNE It's not easy trying to navigate your internal world in the public eye. NATASHA LYONNE I have to say, I'm still surprised anyone's nice to me, that anyone talks to me. But I think... NATASHA LYONNE You've got to do something with all the books you've read, so you might as well imagine you&... NATASHA LYONNE I would love to option 'Crying of Lot 49' and turn it into a movie. NATASHA LYONNE I adore Eddie Kaye Thomas and Jason Biggs. Eddie was the only one who called me when they were doing... NATASHA LYONNE I started wearing all black around the time I got into Nirvana. I first heard 'Smells Like Teen ... NATASHA LYONNE The world at large doesn't always make sense to me, and there are safe havens. Linda Manz in ... NATASHA LYONNE Life is a wildly transient thing with people coming into your life and dropping away. It definitely ... NATASHA LYONNE I would have done well as a gypsy child, I think. A circus baby. I coulda played a great street urch... NATASHA LYONNE I have a deep compassion for the idea that it's okay to be myself. The idea that anything 'o... NATASHA LYONNE My hair is such a statement that it's like a neon sign asking for trouble. NATASHA LYONNE There's something great about all your worst fears coming true and being said about you. There... NATASHA LYONNE I feel like I just have such the blood and bones of a New Yorker that I can almost imagine better, l... NATASHA LYONNE As a woman, I've learned that having a uniform of your staples or setting your look and saying w... NATASHA LYONNE I have a theory that self-made, first-generation actresses don't feel entitled to success. NATASHA LYONNE