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" Life is not all a bowl of cherries. There are days when you aren't going to feel up to par. And it's healthy to see it in yourself and to ask, 'Hey, what's going on?' "

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" Everybody involved in Pixar, I've not met one person who's not incredibly creative and nice and lovely and know what they're doing. "

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" I had one young man tell me he wished I was his mom. Another young woman told me that every time she watched 'The Office,' I reminded her of her mother, who had just passed away a year ago, and that every time she saw me she felt as if she had a piece of her mom still with her. "

Phyllis Smith

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" I know I'm not supposed to talk about God and stuff, but my spiritual life is very strong, and I really feel that a big part of whatever success I'm having is due to that as well. "

" I've just tried to be a responsible person and pay my bills. But whatever it is I do, I want to do the best I can. "

" I used to watch, on television on Sunday nights, they had the Disney hour then and the castle coming up and 'When you wish upon a star... ' That was my very first Disney memory. "

" I have said in many interviews that God had a better plan for me than I ever anticipated. I still firmly believe that, and I am grateful for a prayer answered. "

" Just go for it. Don't be afraid of trying new things. You have absolutely no idea what's going to present itself to you. Don't be frightened. Just buckle down and do whatever your heart desires. "

" We all have these emotions, but you never really want to own up to sadness. You want to bury it. "

" In my heart, my first desire was to be a dancer. I always wanted to dance and I danced from the time I was 7 till I was well into my 30s. "

" Listen, if there's anything we need more of in this world, it's something that has a better ending or is more positive. "

" I'm just a normal person, believe me. "

" I find myself dancing in the grocery store. "

" When I was little, my mom would dress me up and take me downtown on the Carondelet bus, which in itself was exciting. We would go to see Santa Claus at Famous-Barr. The decorations were so pretty. The line was long, but that just gave me more time to enjoy Santa's Toyland. I loved every minute of it. "

Phyllis Smith

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" I have always been more of a joyous person than a sad person. But I was fortunate to have a mom and dad where my mom could look at my face and know what was going on and was able to get me to talk and draw it out. As a result, I didn't have to hide an emotion. I didn't have to worry about her telling me, 'That's silly.' "

" I didn't want Sadness to be just one note. "

" I wish I had paid more attention in my psych class in college. I would've had a broader vocabulary to draw from. "

" I once prayed when struggling financially and worried how I was going to be able to assist my parents in their latter years living thousands of miles away, to help me win the lottery or something. And I did win the lottery, just in a different and better way. "

" I want to do the best and be the best at what I do. "

Phyllis Smith

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" IMDB's not the most accurate. Even my birth place and my age are wrong there. "

" When I was in casting, we would bring somebody in, have them read their lines, maybe give them a few pointers, and hire them, and then once they go to the set and you have a director who's directing them, that performance may not be anywhere near what you had in the audition, either good or bad. "

" I just wanted Sadness to be true, to come from a real place. I tried to work from the inside out, going from my gut all the time. I didn't over-analyze it. I just did it. "

" I believe in angels. "

" I don't really think about being pigeonholed so much. "

" My family in St. Louis brings me to my roots. "

" I had a really fantastic time shooting 'Bad Teacher.' I loved every second of it. "

" When we were doing 'The Office,' there was an area backstage where they worked on hair and makeup, and I was sitting there waiting to get ready to go on, and one of the writers went, 'I want you to audition for 'Bad Teacher.'' I went, 'Okay!' "

" Sadness is a necessary emotion. It's maybe not the most pleasant one to have, but it's cathartic. "

" Generally, I'm not sad. I mean, everyone has sad moments. "

" It was only after I'd had some injuries that I basically retired from the performing side of show business and then began working in casting. I did that for 19 years or so before a friend of mine decided to cast me as Phyllis Lapin-Vance on 'The Office.' "

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" God truly had a better plan for me than I had imagined. You never know what life has in store. "

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