Brett Butler (actress) Quotes

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Stand-up is like drawing with primary colors crayons—it's a beautiful and satisfying world—but acting is like the big box of 148.

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I began to worry about everything. I was getting sick of life, and I was only five.

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Dreams that do come true can be as unsettling as those that don't.

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My mom always said men are like linoleum floors: Lay 'em right and you can walk all over them for 30 years.

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I looked deeply into that boy's eyes, loaned him a mind, and sent him thoughts that he did not possess because I had imagination enough for us both.

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My father was eccentric, peculiar, and unprepared for reality. This worked out fine, because reality and my father were rarely on speaking terms.... For my father it was a private war, a cause to be won, and he fought it on a grand scale. And because he fought alone, he was both the victor and the casualty.

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The South is often noted for its eccentric characters, both real and fictional, and I was there long enough to know that 'normal' either becomes a divine ambition or a malediction.

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I'm the type of Southern Baptist that keeps a picture of Elvis's Last Supper in our living room. Whenever I mention that in my nightclub act, I usually get at least one irate Baptist who says, 'You can make fun of Jesus, but leave the King out of it.'

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