Kay Cannon Quotes
I didn't set out to write some female-empowering movie; I just wanted to write a funny college comedy.

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Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
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I remember how much fun it was to pick out my lunchbox. My all-time favorite lunch box was from the movie 'Annie.' Also, I loved picking out school supplies! Trapper Keepers were my favorite.
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In every movie I do have a dialogue.
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I went to Acton-Boxborough Regional High School in Massachusetts and Emerson College in Boston.
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There came a point in time when Michael was under a great deal of pressure to alter the film in a way that was just disturbing to him. I had not seen the movie, yet. He phoned me in July of '92 to look at his version.
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I think I would have been so much in awe of the movie set, the people and what everybody's job was, that I don't know if I would be able to concentrate on the character.
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There are a lot of guys who play in pro-style offenses who are not prepared when they come out of college. Either you're coaching the quarterback to be a quarterback, or you're not.
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My father was in Congress when I was born. He was mayor my whole life from when I was in grade school - first grade - to when I went away to college.
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I'm a psychologist. I was a psychology faculty member, and then I became an administrator of the department, then the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. At the time of the presidential search, I was the dean.
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Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
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You are always, always overwhelmed by positive response because you know it can go either way.
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I was in chains all the time, 24 hours a day, for three years. I tried to wear those chains with dignity, even if I felt that it was unbearable.
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I really enjoy laughing at work, and I find that it's easier to do that when you're shooting a comedy.
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I was extremely lucky that I had two great wives. It sounds a bit funny to say that, but it's absolutely true.
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Being funny is a symptom of what's underneath. You're pumping out all that energy because something else is going on inside you, some opposing force, something uncomfortable.
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Even my parents are so cute, and they deal with every movie of mine excellently. They check with me ever so casually by asking 'Now how much of nudity are we going to see in this one?'
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We tried to approach this as though there's never been a Superman movie before, but at the same time respecting the canon and mythology. There are the pillars that you have to respect, and I'm not about to break them. But it is fun for me to bend them and mess with them.
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The only way to see a movie is in a big theater, on a big screen, with a big bag of popcorn.
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A member of the community should conduct himself always by word, mind and body in such a fashion that it results in help to the society. He should also make his own men understand this.
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I travel all the time. And as I go around the world, I try to learn a little something and not just take up all the available air.
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Men have the power of thinking that they may avoid sin.
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Capitalistic society teaches kids to be No. 1, but true self-esteem doesn't come from money. It doesn't come from winning the Super Bowl.
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As I was born to be unfortunate, my sun soon clouded.
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I didn't set out to write some female-empowering movie; I just wanted to write a funny college comedy.