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I love actors and I love to create an environment where they feel safe to connect and thrive and try things, to fail and succeed and flourish and fly.

Adriana Trigiani

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Adriana Trigiani
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 1
Author
Film Director
Novelist
Screenwriter
Television Producer
Writer
Trying
Succeed
Things
Failing
Love
Safe
Environment
Create
Flourish
Actors
Thrive
Feel
Connect
Feels
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And so, when I was a young writer I always worked hard on imagery, and I knew that the roots of imagery were the senses - and that if my readers could feel, taste and see what I was talking about, I would be able to tell them a story.
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I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading and libraries.
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I used to believe my art had to be about the things that brought me joy and gave me hope. But I learned that art can be found in all of life, even in pain.
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The good things that happen to us were meant to happen, and the bad things that happen are lessons meant to teach us to be better.
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For a woman, love is the highest dream, and if a man promises to build a ladder tall enough to reach it, she believes him, hikes up her skirt, and follows him to the stars.
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I love rhinestones, faux jewelry.
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I began as a dramatist in the theater, so I'm always thinking about how a story moves, what it looks like, how to engage the senses, how dialogue sounds, what feels authentic and sounds real, what's funny, how to build distinctive and original characters - all the aspects of playwriting, scene-building, the architecture of dramatizing.
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This should tell you everything you need to know about guys. They only go after what they know they can get. We girls, on the other hand, aim really high. We take a leap.
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When people are filled to the brim with love, they are their most beautiful.
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I like it when my mother smiles. And I especially like it when I make her smile.
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It's the secret to happiness, you know. Only take what you need.
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Women move through the world never knowing their power.
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I am in total silence when I write - I don't even like the sound of the dryer going - I like the quiet.
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The wedding vows are a license to be a complete jerk, with full knowledge that the person you married has agreed, no matter how large a horse's ass you are, to stay by your side until death. A fool could tell you this is a bad deal.
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Moments are history. If you have enough of them, they become a story.
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This is where men and women are different, we can put aside petty competition for relationships - they can't. It interferes.
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The most precious research to me came from the paperwork filed on behalf of my grandparents and great-grandfather. The ship's manifest showed that they could read and write. I am still emotional when I look at those boxes checked yes.
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Motherhood changes everything.
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You never know when some small thing will lead to a big idea. Travel is very inspirational - but it's in the ordinary that I find my themes of love and work and family.
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If only men came made to order. It's so hard to find a decent fellow.
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