Karyn Kusama Quotes
I think we forget that part of parenthood means having to face and reject or face and embrace a kind of animal capacity for unkindness. And if, when, parents do embrace that, it reveals something very ugly to oneself.
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I don't like to rate myself; others can do that.
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For me, it is very important to control a situation in defence. You can always score goals, but you have to add stability in the defence.
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
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I like to come up with lots of different sounds. So the final version of a song might have been 10 completely different songs before we finally got it right.
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I am definitely a dog person. I feel like Webster and I are very much alike.
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When I see a dolphin, I know it's just as smart as I am.
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All the time I was writing hit songs with my partner David Porter, I always had the yen to perform. Sure did. And when the opportunity came, I took it. The first album, 'Presenting Isaac Hayes,' didn't do so hot, but it was like a prelude for what was to come.
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When I'm making a film, I'm obsessive about what I do, and I get totally into it. That's all I'm eating, breathing, living at that moment.
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A good actor always sets you straight. If you've written a false moment and thought it was probably pretty great, the actor's gonna show you when he gets to that moment. They're the great test of the validity of the material.
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The publishing industry is an archaic and inefficient industry.
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I don't need drugs to make my life tragic.
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I really appreciate family. I really can't imagine life without them!
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I've never changed my life since I was 4 and went to the YMCA with a gym bag. I still have that philosophy. In fact, I still have that gym bag.
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I'm not a writer. I'm not smart. I couldn't possibly even write my own story.
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If wanted to play a sport, I played a sport. If I wanted to do things that many girls born in 1950 didn't do, I did it.
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When my husband is away and I'm by myself, my neighbours will insist I eat with them every single night because they see it as unhealthy to eat by yourself.
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I don't even make multiplayer games much, so dealing with multiple characters is something new for me – or, rather, something I've had to recall from my days as a roleplaying adventure designer where the party was everything!
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The fashion I've acquired over the years is so sacred to me – from costumes to couture, high fashion to punk wear I've collected from my secret international hot spots. I keep everything in an enormous archive in Hollywood.
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I am reasonably happy, providing I keep busy.
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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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When you have a nonverbal conversation with a total stranger, then he can't cover himself with words, he can't create a wall.
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I haven't even had to learn, but it's just this natural thing to be able to express any emotion I have through the tone of my voice.
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I think we forget that part of parenthood means having to face and reject or face and embrace a kind of animal capacity for unkindness. And if, when, parents do embrace that, it reveals something very ugly to oneself.
