I have learned to pare down what I do and still be effective and strong in a role. Mira Sorvino More Quotes by Mira Sorvino More Quotes From Mira Sorvino We all struggle with our failure to communicate and our failure to reach beyond fear to love people. Mira Sorvino struggletalkingpeople No, this is not what a fair God would do. And why does it not say anywhere in the Bible that slavery is wrong? It only says that you should treat your slaves well. Well, I don't care if you treat them well. How is it possible that it is not immoral to own another person? Why isn't that one of the Ten Commandments? 'Thou shalt not own another person.' You want to sit here and tell me that fornication is worse than owning someone? Mira Sorvino slaverydoewant I want my life to effect the balance to the positive. Mira Sorvino effectsbalancewant More is spent in a single month [in the U.S.] fighting the war on drugs than all monies ever expended domestically or internationally fighting slavery from its inception. Per month, we spend more on the drug war than we ever have trying to free slaves. Mira Sorvino drugfightingwar That's the thing about acting - it does have the feeling of downhill skiing. When it's really all going right, you know your lines, you know what's important to your character, you pick the strongest reactions possible to elements in the story. But then you let it all go and you're in the moment and stuff happens. It surprises you and it's super strong; it's like you're living life in a slightly heightened way in the time between "action" and "cut." Mira Sorvino live-lifestrongcharacter There was something about being in front of audiences when I was in elementary school plays that gave me a thrill. It was like the rush you get from a roller coaster drop. Mira Sorvino thrillplayschool I assume that if people get to know me, they'll like me. If they don't, it's not my problem. Mira Sorvino assumingproblempeople Primary and especially secondary education is extremely important in preventing trafficking, it allows children to develop critical thinking skills to be able to defend themselves from traffickers and to have the skills that will enable them to have gainful employment to be able to support their families in other ways than being sexually exploited. Mira Sorvino educationchildrenthinking I had been looking for a New York apartment, but I said, Why not give LA a go? Mira Sorvino why-notnew-yorkgiving I always feel I can play a role - just give me the time to do the preparation and I'll be it. Mira Sorvino preparationplaygiving I had started off, before I ever got an acting job, working at Robert De Niro's Tribeca Productions as a reader. I was always interested in that side of the camera. Mira Sorvino two-sidesactingjobs I could have seen myself going into academia, but I don't love it; I just like it. Mira Sorvino academia Acting is doing, because everything you say or do is some kind of an action, some kind of a verb. You're always connected to the other person through some kind of action. Mira Sorvino verbsactingaction Acting is what happens on the way. Mira Sorvino actinghappensway There are all kinds of other things I could do, things I would probably like, but only acting would give me emotional fulfillment. Mira Sorvino emotionalactinggiving I try to become more humble and more myself with every year. There was a while when I got famous where I was so confused and my head was spinning. Mira Sorvino spinning-aroundconfusedhumble I'm doing things that are more artistic again, more close to the material that I love. I don't disparage those things that I did. They're just not as much reflective of who I am. Mira Sorvino artisticmaterialswho-i-am I wanted to do something far from my intellectual and physical home, so I went to live in Beijing for eight months and took Mandarin Chinese. Mira Sorvino eightintellectualhome I'll talk to myself out loud a lot. Mira Sorvino loud My major in college was Chinese Studies. It was very intentional. Mira Sorvino chinesestudycollege
