Christopher Denham Quotes
I have a weak stomach. My wife is a doctor, so she finds it funny that I actually pass out when I get my blood drawn. I physically can't stand gore on screen. I can't stand blood and guts. Not for any puritanical/moral high-ground reason. I just don't want to black out.
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Body experience... is the centre of creation.
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I believe a lot in monogamy, let me tell you.
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I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.
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If you're making music for all the right reasons, people are going to be receptive to that and appreciate it the same way you did when your were writing it.
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One of the things jazz has always excelled at is translating the reality of the times through its musical prism.
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A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.
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I love the process of acting, and to turn your passion into a career is the biggest gift.
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Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didn't want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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I received free health care.
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I know there is something out there, and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad. But I'm not like Shirley MacLaine, who probably believes we were past lovers in another life.
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I consider plot a necessary intrusion on what I really want to do, which is write snappy dialogue.
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You can do anything as long as you have the passion, the drive, the focus, and the support.
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For very long, I wasn't able to find a place for myself in movies. After my initial success, I didn't know how to capitalise on it.
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I think you're attracted to things that are different from yourself in a character because it's more interesting, and you get to play out a fantasy version of yourself.
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I play the father in the scene when Will and Tommy go back to Tommy's old apartment. It was a big mistake. I hope not to be in the next movie I direct.
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The intensity of being in front of all these incredible musicians and tremendous conductors in these elaborate halls can be overwhelming.
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Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.
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When I read a script, I have to see the funny, and if I can see it's funny, it helps me to be able to transmit that.
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I don't know how much I believe in redemptive stories, even though people want them and strive for them.
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Issues become much more real to me when I have stories back home.
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I have a weak stomach. My wife is a doctor, so she finds it funny that I actually pass out when I get my blood drawn. I physically can't stand gore on screen. I can't stand blood and guts. Not for any puritanical/moral high-ground reason. I just don't want to black out.
