Tracy Pollan Quotes

• Everybody has their challenges; I couldnt say that we have more challenges than other people, theyre just different.

  Tracy Pollan

  People, Challenges, Different

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• It's not that I'm necessarily looking for things that are so dark and emotional. But if I see something where the character goes through enormous change, it's very appealing to play all those levels, and that is probably going to involve some dark moments.

  Tracy Pollan

  Character, Dark, Emotional

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• I would follow my mother around the kitchen watching and trying to find any way to help. One of the first dishes my mother taught me to make was hollandaise sauce. Though she always served it with broccoli, I soon realized it was equally delicious with asparagus, artichokes, or any other vegetable.

  Tracy Pollan

  Mother, Vegetables, Kitchen

  Corky Pollan, Lori Pollan, Dana Pollan, Tracy Pollan (2016). “The Pollan Family Table: The Best Recipes and Kitchen Wisdom for Delicious, Healthy Family Meals”, p.8, Simon and Schuster

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• I'm not a social retard, but I prefer to go unnoticed.

  Tracy Pollan

  Social, Unnoticed, Retard

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• I'm not a writer, but I'm very good at editing. That's my specialty. I can read something and tell you everything that's wrong with it and what's great about it and what needs to change, but it's hard for me to organize my thoughts.

  Tracy Pollan

  Editing, Needs, Very Good

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• When something's got to give, family always wins. I couldn't live with myself if it was the other way.

  Tracy Pollan

  Winning, Giving, Way

  "No resisting '1st to Die' / Detective role lures Pollan away from her nest" by Hugh Hart, www.sfgate.com. February 16, 2003.

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• My family absolutely comes first, and I don't mean that in a Pollyanna way. It's the focus of my life because it's what makes me happy.

  Tracy Pollan

  Mean, Focus, Way

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• I'm a bit of a homebody. It doesn't take long for me to get to the point where I'm ready to be home again.

  Tracy Pollan

  Home, Long, Ready

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• I wasn't a very good waitress, always spilling things on people and forgetting things. I once spilled ashes all over Mike Wallace's table.

  Tracy Pollan

  People, Ashes, Tables

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• Worrying won't prevent the worst outcome. I've learned to live in the moment, which is not my natural tendency. I've always thought that if I worried about something enough, it wouldn't happen. I forgot to worry about Parkinson's.

  Tracy Pollan

  Worry, Live In The Moment, Outcomes

  "Oprah Talks to Michael J. Fox & Tracy Pollan". www.oprah.com. March 15, 2002.

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• James Patterson has a way with female characters. He understands women in a way that a lot of male writers don't.

  Tracy Pollan

  Character, Males, Female

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• I never questioned I would have any trouble doing what I wanted to do. I'm not talking about getting to a certain position - or to success. It was just that I knew I wanted to act, and that I would make my living that way. Having the unconditional support of your parents is really freeing.

  Tracy Pollan

  Talking, Support, Parent

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• I'm very grounded - that's how I would put it. If you met my mother, you'd probably say the same thing about her. I had a very sane upbringing, though some very insane things happened.

  Tracy Pollan

  Mother, Insane, Mets

  "Oprah Talks to Michael J. Fox & Tracy Pollan". Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. March 15, 2001.

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• I get so much out of being married and raising my kids - that's really important to me.

  Tracy Pollan

  Kids, Important, Married

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