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" The bottom line is that female writers aren't being given enough opportunities by male producers. "
Chris O'Dowd
Line
Opportunities
Enough
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" Put it this way: singing is not my day job. "
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" Social media is great, I guess, but it feels like technology is the sapper of innocence. "
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" I would be nothing if it wasn't for the town where I grew up and the people who gave me my inspiration. "
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" I feel like I need to start wearing a T-shirt saying 'This is not a photo opportunity'. People are so lovely but you do find that when you're out you spend 40% of your time posing for photographs. "
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" I grew up among strong women so I know what it's like to be loved and humiliated in a heartbeat. "
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Loved
Women
Strong Women
" Hey, I think comic actors are the best actors. "
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Comic
Think
" Louis C. K. makes me laugh, I must say. "
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Must
Laugh
Louis
" Comedy writing is taking the brief thought and going with it. "
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Taking
Writing
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" After 'Bridesmaids,' women know who I am. "
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Women
Am
Bridesmaids
" I'm probably working on three different scripts at any time, so there's never a time where I've got nothing to do. "
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Working
Never
Nothing
" I grew up in a house of forthright women. "
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House
Up
Forthright
" I often talk to myself while walking down the street. I did it as a kid. "
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Street
Walking
Talk
" When I was a kid, I wanted to be serious, like Daniel Day-Lewis. No one really dreams of being a comic actor, do they? Now I realise how stupid that is - and it's because comic acting isn't taken seriously enough. It's a discipline. You know instantly - either you're funny and getting the laughs, or you're not. "
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Discipline
Stupid
Dreams
" Beyonce is the most amazing woman in the world. "
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World
Amazing
Beyonce
" A guy who's actually self destructive is quite fun to play. "
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Fun
Play
Guy
" I've always been conscious of the fact that there aren't enough Irish voices on British television compared to the amount of Irish people who live there. "
Chris O'Dowd
Enough
Television
Always
" I think there's something in the fact that it's hard to be good looking and funny. You have to have an oddball quality; people have to sympathise with you to find you funny. "
Chris O'Dowd
You
Think
Quality
" All of this talk of recession offends me. I am delighted that bankers have less money. "
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I Am
Less
Me
" I play very sweet characters, so people look at me like I'm the kid from 'The Wonder Years,' rather than Brad Pitt. "
Chris O'Dowd
Wonder
Sweet
Play
" When I was about 13 I realised girls weren't going to kiss me because I was a gigantic, weird looking creature from the depths. I was like 6 ft. aged 11. "
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Me
Looking
Like
" I definitely want to keep working in Ireland, and without being too worthy about it, if it's possible to bring work into the country, that's no harm. "
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Work
Working
Country
" I come from a musical kind of family. "
Chris O'Dowd
Family
Kind
Musical
" L.A. is fun, but it feels like one of those towns in the north of Scotland where there's an oil rig just off the coast and whether or not you work for the oil rig, everyone is connected to it. "
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Work
Connected
Everyone
" What I think improv is great for is making dialogue more natural. "
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