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Adrienne Shelly

(1966–2006) Screenwriter

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Adrienne Shelly was a screenwriter.

Quick Facts About Adrienne Shelly

Born: June 24, 1966
Died: November 1, 2006
Profession: Screenwriter

About Adrienne Shelly

[Wikidata] American actress (1966–2006)... | [Wikipedia] Adrienne Shelly was an American actress, film director, and screenwriter. She gained recognition for her roles in independent films, particularly Hal Hartley's The Unbelievable Truth (1989) and Trust (1990). She later wrote, directed, and co-starred in Waitress (2007), which was released posthumousl

Quotes by Adrienne Shelly

Theater represents to me this phenomenon in juxtaposition to real life, where there are all these imposed guidelines.

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Guidelines

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I did a lot of acting when I was a child. I was very shy - the kind of kid who ran…

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Acting

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“I hope that someday, somebody wants to hold you for twenty minutes straight, and that’s all they do. They don’t pull away.…

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Love

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The way I see it is that love can put an end to this bureaucracy people go through in their relationships. But…

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Blind

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I think that the actors that I work with feel safer with me. Because they know I understand what they go through…

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Actor

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I've worked with a lot of directors who really don't have a sense of what the hell they want.

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Cinema

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