Christopher Guest Quotes
The main thing that's important to me is getting to do whatever project it is the way that I do what I do, and that's different. To go to an entity - whether it's a traditional film studio or some newer company, or HBO, Amazon or Netflix - they would have to know that I need to work the way I work.
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I'm very self-critical.
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It's extraordinary what children put up with. I happened to see two of my uncles put my father up against the wall of my grandmother's house and knock his teeth out, because he'd been unpleasant to my mother. The next day I went upstairs and found my father making a rather half-hearted attempt to gas himself.
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I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
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I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone that could call into the past?
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At least for me, any time I've been in hotbeds of creativity, I got excited about something that wasn't coming from me.
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I'm not denying that it's exciting to have a play on Broadway.
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Any time Khaled comes to your video, it just steps it up that much more. He's so fun; people love him.
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I've found that the most engaging and satisfying author events I've done are with other people, where the conversation is spontaneous. I think that is by far the better way to introduce and promote a book.
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The sky in Texas is the most amazing sky in the whole country, I think, like you can see more sky in Texas than you can see anywhere else in the world.
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An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
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I love surprises - champagne and strawberries, all that pampering, romantic stuff. Guys ought to know how to pamper their women properly.
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No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.
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Once there was a boy so meek and modest, he was awarded a Most Humble badge. The next day, it was taken away because he wore it. Here endeth the lesson.
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Taking part in an Olympics on home ground is something you dream about.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.
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I love all animals. I just happen to prefer cats. They're really chill, and they're loving yet not loving. I relate to them, in a way.
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I am not going to do a film based on a bad scenario just to make a big Hollywood film or work with Hollywood stars.
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As anyone who has recently seen PG-13 movies knows, the level of violence in them has increased to the point of making the Motion Picture Association of America's voluntary rating system meaningless.
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When you come out of the theatre and you don't even talk about that film or remember it, then it disappoints me.
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I heard the new film, 'Tangerine,' was filmed entirely on iPhones. No cameras were involved!
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Everything you desire is outside your comfort zone - otherwise, you would already have it.
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Like any actor, I want to be able to have a long career and show different characters and a range.
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The main thing that's important to me is getting to do whatever project it is the way that I do what I do, and that's different. To go to an entity - whether it's a traditional film studio or some newer company, or HBO, Amazon or Netflix - they would have to know that I need to work the way I work.
