Almost all crime is due to the repressed desire for aesthetic expression.
Almost all crime is due to the repressed desire for aesthetic expression.
In Halloween, I viewed the characters as simply normal teenagers. Laurie, Jamie Lee's character, was shy and somewhat repressed. And Michael Myers, the killer, is definitely repressed. They have certain similarities.
We're more sexually repressed than men, having been given a much more strict puritanical code of behavior than men ever have.
I like repressed characters. That gives me a lot of freedom to make a lot of different choices through subtleties.
So when I read this story, it unlocked a volcano of unanswered questions, because the questions had never been asked. It was an opportunity to come to terms with the lot of repressed history - and history of repression.
And I think my sexuality was heavily repressed by the church, by the, you know, the design of the mortal sins.
I never had any hang-ups about sex. As for being sexually repressed, nothing could be further from the truth. There are more hang-ups now than ever there were when I was growing up.
Because I actually find the next take after they've controlled it a little bit and repressed the laughter is actually a really interesting take, because that's still going on underneath the surface. That struggle to maintain composure becomes part of the joy of the scene.
You become very angry and depressed that you keep getting offered only these exceedingly demure and repressed roles. They're so not me. That's why films like Fight Club were so important to me because I think I confounded certain stereotypes and limited perceptions of what I could do as an actress.
The repressed memory is like a noisy intruder being thrown out of the concert hall. You can throw him out, but he will bang on the door and continue to disturb the concert. The analyst opens the door and says, If you promise to behave yourself, you can come back in.
As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers.
It's people who are repressed and cannot express their fears that are dangerous.
Sexuality poorly repressed unsettles some families; well repressed, it unsettles the whole world.
If I were to sum up the negative reactions to my work, I think there are two primary causes: one is that if there is discourse about anxiety it is necessarily going to induce anxiety. It will represent a return of the repressed for a great many people.
A visit to Georgia last fall was the starting point of almost everything of worth that I have done. I saw lhe rich dusk beauty. . . . And a deep part of my nature, a part that I had repressed, sprang suddenly to life and responded to them.
I drink booze, I smoke, and I'm hooked on caffeine. I actually have been known to swear at times and belch and even raise my voice when provoked. And I'm not physically repressed!
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