Karyn Kusama Quotes
I think there are always going to be people who say, even if they are engaged in the movie, they just want it to move faster.
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We think of writing a book as a process, but the very word - process - suggests that there is one: a template to follow, a map to guide us. If that were true, someone would have surely figured out some marketable method we could all buy.
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Don't let nobody tell you that you can't do it. Love what you do until you don't love it anymore. Nothing's impossible.
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The secret of my success with Geraldine is that she's not a putdown of women. She's smart, she's trustful, she's loyal, she's sassy.
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I get breakfast when everyone else is on their lunch break. I usually go to Dimes, which is a short walk from my apartment. Usually, I'll have chia pudding or an acai bowl and toast and sausage.
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Exposure to a diversity of disciplines has been exceptionally helpful to me.
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If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.
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There's no first impressions anymore. You go to a job interview, and they'll probably Google you. It's a shame - people should play it a little closer to the chest as far as what information they release to the world. If I'm angry about something, I'm not going to take to my Twitter.
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I have three boys, so I live in a household full of testosterone.
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I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.
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In all my movies, be it 'Page 3', 'Chandni Bar' or 'Corporate,' I have tried to depict honesty and reality.
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I'm not a professional politician, I'm a problem solver.
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Spending money is much more difficult than making money.
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I always put my fantasies in the realm of goals.
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If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.
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Bullfights have so much color. Not just the matador but also the bull, the arena, and the public. It's all very festive.
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Sometimes, I'm very embarrassed.
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It's really hard to get a coffee with someone. I have to call my agent, my agent calls their agent, their agent calls their manager, the manager calls back, the actor sends someone to the manager... then you get, 'Yeah, yeah, I'd love to have dinner at six,' and all I wanted was coffee! It can take, like, six days to get coffee.
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The movie I've watched a million times is 'A Face in the Crowd,' directed by Elia Kazan, starring Andy Griffith and Patricia Neal. I first saw this movie, I guess I was in my early 20s. I'd never heard of it, and somebody told me about it, and I watched it and was just completely jaw-droppingly shocked at how current it was.
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When somebody's never heard you, that's the way to do it: Just give them music for free and let them decide for themselves if they like it or not.
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I don't even know what TV star means. I know there's a difference in how people approach you, compared to movies. They feel OK coming up to you and sitting with you in a restaurant, unfortunately.
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I never wanted to return to Hollywood because Hollywood people and the fakeness - very artificial and not dear to my heart. After I lived in the Midwest, and I learned what sincere, real people were all about, I never wanted to go back.
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The attitude and identity that we want to play with doesn't change.
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All creative people hate mathematics. It's the most uncreative subject you can study.
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I think there are always going to be people who say, even if they are engaged in the movie, they just want it to move faster.
