Charlie Kaufman Quotes
I can talk endlessly about characters, or why someone did this or that, and what that dynamic and interaction is. I really love it, and I think that actors really respond positively to the fact that I like to talk about that stuff, because I'm not sure that all directors do.
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I used to stay up all night playing 'Resident Evil 2,' and it wouldn't stop until the sun came up. Then I'd walk outside at dawn's first light, looking at the empty streets of London, and it was like life imitating art. It felt like I'd stepped into an actual zombie apocalypse.
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I love to smell like roses, literally all day!
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I cannot go to Montreal without going to Beauty's, my favorite place for breakfast, where I have the Mish-Mash omelet with hot dogs, salami, eggs, green peppers, and onions, and the best banana bread in the world. It's legendary!
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It would be nice to be on the charts again, nice to be recognised.
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I try to basically keep my opinions to myself when it comes to people who are charged with crimes that I don't know anything about.
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How does one measure the success of a museum?
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I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.
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Cerrone, he's a very good Muay Thai guy, very long.
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I am Lebanese, and I know the interests of my country.
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We are all tasked to balance and optimize ourselves.
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Community action is as valuable a principle on the international level as it has been domestically.
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You've got to be willing to put the time into seeing who's got talent and who's going to do a great job.
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Anyway I will go same road because I, I was born in gymnastics. This is my, how to say, my life and my duty.
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Some guys just slip under the radar.
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I would strongly recommend any young man to stay away from criminal law. It's not a good place to be, unfortunately.
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Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets.
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Even when you are playing someone who is real, you get their mannerisms and you get their little quirks, but, it still has to be something inside of you that connects with the role, or else you will not be any good.
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Diplomacy in a sense is the opposite of writing. You have to disperse yourself so much: the lady who comes in crying because she's had a fight with the secretary; exports and imports; students in trouble; thumbtacks for the embassy.
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I am not a chef. I can't claim that title. The difference is a cook doesn't have a degree. A chef has formal education. It has nothing to do with talent or actual preparation - one just can't claim the title if you don't have degree.
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(and Catholics give out forgiveness at about the same rate as politicians give out promises and whores give out)
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The true male never yet walked Who liked to listen when his mate talked.
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Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
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I'm very detail oriented. I think that's why people enjoy my memoirs - because I tend to remember everything.
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I can talk endlessly about characters, or why someone did this or that, and what that dynamic and interaction is. I really love it, and I think that actors really respond positively to the fact that I like to talk about that stuff, because I'm not sure that all directors do.
