Julia Louis-Dreyfus Quotes

• 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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  Fun, Home, Differences

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• There is sexism - I'm not denying its existence. But I'm saying that I will deny its effort against me. I just pay it no nevermind and say, 'Get out of my way.'

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  Effort, Pay, Way

  "Julia Louis-Dreyfus on Journey From 'Seinfeld' to 'Veep'" by Vanessa Grigoriadis, www.rollingstone.com. April 8, 2014.

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

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  Term

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• This is an embarrassment of riches, and boy, am I happy to be embarrassed.

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  Boys, Riches, Embarrassment

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• There is tremendous inequity in Hollywood and politics, and I would say globally it's challenging to be a woman and succeed.

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  Challenges, Hollywood, Succeed

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• Keeping a sense of humor about life. My parents divorced when I was 8, and whenever I felt down, my mom would remind me that a sense of humor gets you through just about anything.

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  Mom, Parent, Sense Of Humor

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• Some people can sometimes really invade your space and kind of never leave you alone.

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  Space, People, Leave Me Alone

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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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  Ocean, Rivers, Air

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• I have no agenda except to be funny. Neither I nor the writers profess to offer any worldly wisdom.

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  Badass, Agendas, Worldly Wisdom

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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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  Thinking, Hell, Harder

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• If I have chocolate around, I will eat it. I love it, I love it, I love it. I like a piece every day.

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  Chocolate, Pieces, Ifs

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• Anybody who is an ambitious politician would never ever aspire to a Vice Presidency. And yet, people find themselves in that position, and so, therein lies the rub.

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  Lying, People, Ambitious

  "EMMYS: Julia Louis-Dreyfus On 'Veep'". Interview with Pete Hammond, deadline.com. June 17, 2012.

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• Doing actual comedic material is just about the most joyful endeavor ever. That's the truth. The only time it's not funny is when business gets in the way.

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  Way, Joyful, Endeavor

  "Brad Hall and Julia Louis-Dreyfus Picture Paris". Interview with Cynthia Ellis, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 27, 2012.

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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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  Country, War, Oil

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• I never go about a new project as if I'm trying ot redefine myself. I just like to work, and I'm excited by material I find challenging and - if it's a comedy - exceptionally funny.

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  Challenges, Trying, Comedy

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• I dropped out of college my junior year to do saturday night live, and I didn't even consult my parents. They were very supportive because they had no choice.

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  Women, Night, College

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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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  Pregnancy, Feet, Years

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• I'm not a lesbian! I hate men but I'm not a lesbian!

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  Hate, Men, Subway

  "Fictional character: Elaine Benes". TV Series "Seinfeld" ("The Subway", 1992), www.imdb.com. 1989–1998.

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• I guess if I wrote a book one day, it would be about hair

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  Book, Hair, One Day

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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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  Father, Kids, Men

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• I’m about to enter a national ass-kicking contest. With no legs. And a massive ass.

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  Kicking, Legs, Ass

  "Crass Roots" by Emily Nussbaum, www.newyorker.com. May 6, 2013.

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• Making a movie is a long, dull process. There's a lot of waiting around.

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  Waiting Around, Long, Dull

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• L.A. I could live without.

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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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  Boys, Facts, Matter

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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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  Cutting, Water, Sun

  "Julia Louis-Dreyfus and husband Brad Hall discuss their eco-friendly hideaway". Interview with Amanda Little, grist.org. August 1, 2003.

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