Neil Denari Quotes
In L.A., cinema and television might be seen as more interesting places for architecture than ever before.
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My public in Guadalajara and the people from Guadalajara, they've supported me since day one.
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My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school.
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I'm not super, super religious. If this is okay to say, I'm more culturally Jewish.
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Most families had four, five brothers. But because it was just me and Darryl, we had to be twice as strong.
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Anything - a destination, a person - that has some mystery around it becomes exciting and attractive.
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I like talking to priests, to Catholics. Everyone has their beliefs.
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One of my side strange abilities is to hear a good song, no matter how it's being performed. Even if you get a bad performance, I can still hear that there's a good song.
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Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom thought to be important enough for serious scholarly consideration.
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If you wanted to show a mirror to people that says, 'You've been drunk on money,' they're not going to want to see it. But if you reflected that mirror on another time they'd be willing to. People will need an explanation of where we are and where we've been, and 'The Great Gatsby' can provide that explanation.
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The soldier who gropes for glory must submit himself to discipline. Subordination gives strength and security to an army. He that will not submit to it when corrected and improved by the experience of ages does not deserve the proud appellation of a soldier.
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When I wrote 'Mushaboom', I was living in the second verse, but I suddenly found myself in the first.
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You have to find ways to relate to the characters you get to play. Put it in terms and in a context that speaks to you.
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It's just difficult to see that people want to be like the actors and the performers and the politicians who are - who they see all the time, but the people that are probably having the most fun are the writers and the directors and the producers and the scientists, right, the people in the back that are getting to do the creative process.
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I think we are all slightly down in the dumps after another loss. We may be in the wrong sign... Venus may be in the wrong juxtaposition with somewhere else.
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One of the reasons I come to California is that the Republican party seems to have given up on California, and my message to those in California is that we're going to compete nationally as a party, and that includes California.
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I was going to college to be a doctor.
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Usually, in musical theater, if you sing operatically or if you sing in a legit style, you're the heart of the show. You maybe get to be moving and do dramatic stuff, but it's very rare to be that funny.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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If I watch 'Gone With the Wind,' I always find it interesting. I think, 'What's going to happen next? What's that character going to do?' But you know, you never really need to watch the films you made again. They stay inside you, always with you.
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I like to be surrounded by books. My wife Evelyn has a Ph.D. in comparative literature, so we have a lot of her Spanish and German literature books which are wasted on me, plus a lot of novels and books on art and architecture shared by us both. Evelyn used to edit an art magazine called 'FMR,' so we have a common interest in design.
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I never thought I'd be an actor.
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I wouldn't call it a faux pas, but I have about 12 tracksuits. I always travel in a tracksuit. I feel it makes people happy when they see me.
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With Geoffrey, it was the first time we did music together, we understood that everything could be well, and without any problem. And we didn't need to rehearse too much.
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In L.A., cinema and television might be seen as more interesting places for architecture than ever before.
