Toubia Quotes & Sayings

There is a basic emotional spectrum from which we cannot and should not escape, and I believe that depression is in that spectrum, located near not only grief but also love. Indeed I believe that all the strong emotions — Andrew Solomon

I was doing telenovelas in Miami and Mexico, and everyone's dream when you're an actor is to be in Hollywood. — Emeraude Toubia

I did a lot of dancing when I was young. — Emeraude Toubia

Ego problems are endemic in every walk of life, but in the movie business egomaniacs are megalomaniacs. — Lynda Obst

I like to surround myself with people that have dreams and that fight for them every day. — Emeraude Toubia

God doesn't seek for golden vessels, and does not ask for silver ones, but He must have clean ones. — Dwight L. Moody

I love doing fight scenes. I've been a dancer since I was 3 years old, so I think that helped me with the movements. — Emeraude Toubia

Human beings don't necessarily exist inside of (or correspond to) the neat racial, gendered or national boxes into which we often unthinkingly place them.
It's a mistake to ask literature to reinforce such structures. Literature tends to crack them. Literature is where we free ourselves. — Mohsin Hamid

In my closet, you'd find five black shirts that look the same, 10 pairs of the same white pants, and five pairs of almost the exact same shoe. Every time I go out, I buy shoes that are very similar to my other shoes - it's a problem. — Emeraude Toubia

Dominic Sherwood would always tell me a joke right before it was my take or my close up. He'd say a funny joke, and I couldn't stop laughing, even after they said, 'Action.' — Emeraude Toubia

I think everything you do in life is a learning experience. — Emeraude Toubia

I remember in middle school and high school being so concerned with what everybody else thought. I was trying to be someone I wasn't. I wish I could've just let it slide and not cared about it. — Emeraude Toubia

Everything that comes your way is to learn - I definitely feel that. — Emeraude Toubia

It's nice to be able to do more and to always challenge myself. — Emeraude Toubia

I love to shop at BCBG, because it's classy and elegant but a little bit sexy. It fits who I am in one store. — Emeraude Toubia

I don't go up to guys. I'm all about a guy sending me flowers, getting me chocolates and surprising me. — Emeraude Toubia

The African specialist Nahid Toubia puts it plain [when speaking of female genital mutilation]: In a man it would range from amoutation of most of the penis, to removal of all the penis, its roots of soft tissue and part of the scrotal skin. — Eve Ensler

However successful you are, there is no substitute for a close relationship. We all need them. — Francesca Annis

Being Latina, I'm super close with my family. I love them, and I love spending time with them. I love being at my grandma's house and eating her food. — Emeraude Toubia

When I was young, I wanted to be the face of a makeup campaign or a hair campaign, so that's something that I've always dreamed of that hopefully comes along. And then obviously starring with Ryan Gosling in a movie wouldn't be so bad, either. — Emeraude Toubia

I'm actually not a big coffee fan, so I don't drink it that much. I'd rather have a green tea. But I do love to get a white mocha sometimes - it is just a strong order. — Emeraude Toubia

I'm very close to my parents and my grandma. — Emeraude Toubia

I try to be the best version of me that I can be, whether it's acting or on a personal level. — Emeraude Toubia

Fighting is kind of like choreography. It's not just get in there and punching someone: you have to have choreography. Someone is going to hit high; someone is going to hit at the bottom. — Emeraude Toubia