Christopher Chulack Quotes
I wanted 'Southland' to feel immediate, like a ride-along, and to make it the closest thing possible to a cop reality show. We've got real cops out there every day. A lot of times we'll say, 'You guys just do what you normally do and we'll film it.'
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I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.
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When I first met Elvis, we had so much in common and became fast friends.
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I like hip-hop, but I don't like concerts. There's, like, sweat on people's backs.
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You have to believe that people don't want what you think they're going to like, you know? They want what you like. Once you start doing that, you actually start connecting with people.
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I write synopses after the book is completed. I can't write it beforehand, because I don't know what the book's about. I invent something for my publisher because he asks for one, but the final book ends up very differently.
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The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self. And the arbitrariness of the constraint serves only to obtain precision of execution.
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We must stop the trend of closing schools and building prisons.
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The war on drugs has made government more powerful, citizens less free, and hasn't helped users or addicts.
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I was only 11 when we filmed the pilot. The idea of a rapper being a star on a sitcom just wasn't heard of.
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It may well be our brains are wired up to be slightly more optimistic than they should be.
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Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.
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What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.
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A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.
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I like to play a strong woman, but a strong woman can also be very fragile and vulnerable at the same time.
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I don't want to rap forever. But I want to be rich forever.
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Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
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Know your worth! People always act like they're doing more for you than you're doing for them.
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Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.
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Our real debt ceiling isn't decided by Washington; it's decided by Beijing.
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Time Inc. has amazing titles - really great content.
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I know of some guitar-based rock bands that refuse to record anything that they can't play live. But some of the best stuff I come up with are studio-based performances - bringing out whatever accident I had in the studio and building a song around that.
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Harry, talking about the doctor who came to the ward and then went away. 'That guy has a thing about potato chips and hot dogs. If God didn't want us to eat salt and fat, why did He make them taste so good?'
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The very idea of having children brings out this deep revulsion in me.
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I wanted 'Southland' to feel immediate, like a ride-along, and to make it the closest thing possible to a cop reality show. We've got real cops out there every day. A lot of times we'll say, 'You guys just do what you normally do and we'll film it.'
