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Portrait of Marisa Tomei

Marisa Tomei

(1964) Film Actor United States

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Marisa Tomei is a film actor from the United States, best known for Playing For Keeps.

Quick Facts About Marisa Tomei

Born: December 4, 1964
Nationality: United States
Profession: Film Actor
Notable works: Playing For Keeps

About Marisa Tomei

Marisa Tomei is an American actress. She gained prominence for her comedic performance in My Cousin Vinny (1992), which earned her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She received further nominations in the category for In the Bedroom (2001) and The Wrestler (2008).

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance Theatre World Award Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress Drama Desk Special Award Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress

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Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress

Quotes by Marisa Tomei

I've just been really lucky to not be too much of a stereotype.

Lucky

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All of us have read the stories about young people in Hollywood and all the challenges they have to confront there, and…

Artistic

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I can't tell stories to save my life. I like to have fun, and I go out and have a lot of…

Entertainers

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A lot of times being "completely objective" means seeing the world through a patriarchal eye.

Eye

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Politics itself is so unsexy, isn't it? But when the politics in creative works are really explored - not used as a…

Creative

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Singing really oxygenates your blood. You stretch your lungs and take in much more air into them than before. It's really good…

Air

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We play lots of roles in our lives, but I got to do that in one movie [Parental Guidance], and ride the…

Challenges

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We would also go to musicals. So Singing In the Rain, On the Town, and West Side Story. Especially West Side Story…

Big deal

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I'm not that big a fan of marriage as an institution, and I don't know why women need to have children to…

Bigs

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I prefer to express myself physically, or non-verbally. I prefer just to react without having a lot of dialogue.

Communication

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I did ask Larry David, "How did I get so lucky? How am I here Seinfeld?" He just said, 'Well, when you…

Asks

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A man like Wilde was not free to live out of the closet as a homosexual, and women in general were not…

Able

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You have your structure, but within it, it gets fuller and you can highlight other parts of the performance.

Architecture

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I see my parents a lot more often, but what I liked about the challenge of my part was I got to…

Being a mom

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In cultural history, the civil rights movement came before the women's movement.

Civil rights

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I find that protein wakes up my brain and gets me ready for the rest of my day.

Brain

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Letting journalism be from the perspective of the journalist. It's usually a no-no, and journalists are encouraged to be completely objective.

Journalism

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Those stories weren't being written at all - stories about women's inner lives and outer activism. We've come miles and miles, but…

Activism

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I feel like theatre gives me the grounding, and keeps me alive, basically. Film gives me the thrill, and it's like a…

Adventure

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With acting, it was really more of a general kind of experience of really just loving being in the theater.

Acting

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Comedy is what I really want to do and propel.

Comedy

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I've just been lucky. I'd like to have more choices, and I'd like to have a leading part.

Choices

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I've sought out several dance teachers-shaman-like women dance teachers-to get in touch with the mystical through movement.

Dance

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I am really not of the school of naturalism. I like style, and you can use more style in theater than in…

Fashion

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I'm the luckiest women because I do get to spend a lot of time with Gloria Steinem , and not necessarily talking…

Events

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