Chris Ofili Quotes
A lot of what Trinidad is about is the feeling of the place, the atmosphere of the place, particularly at night, and the mystery of the forest.
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I'm hard on myself. I'm my biggest critic.
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That's what everybody calls me, 'Cheat Code,' because they just throw the ball up to me.
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You find out your mistakes from an audience that pays admission.
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I have an inner satisfaction of having done what I thought was right at the time which I thought was propitious.
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Coffee and smoking are the last great addictions.
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I don't really think about what's 'age appropriate' for my audience because I think they can handle quite a bit, but I do try to think about what's honest and true to my characters who have grown up in situations where they've been taught to handle these things very carefully and that they're very powerful.
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I didn't dictate sections of 'Visions of Cody.' I typed up a segment of taped conversation with Neal Cassady, or Cody, talking about his early adventures in L.A.
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I feel like I'm the luckiest person alive. I'm always waiting for that phone call: 'Hello. We've just realized you're really a no-talent hillbilly. We've made a horrible mistake and we'd like you to leave now.'
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I'm lucky that I have my family, I'm lucky that my parents are still together. Those are the things that I cherish.
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I thought marriage was something very quiet and very regular and very bourgeois.
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I'll have the chance to do a production number on A Capitol Fourth.
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If you're a writer, write. You just keep writing. And if you're a filmmaker, you keep doing what you can to keep telling your stories; you don't stay on the one. Keep moving forward and doing what you can to tell whatever story you can tell, be it via writing, be it via filming it.
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Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
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The international proletariat first appeared on the scene in the early Thirties of the nineteenth century, and its first great action was the French Revolution of 1848.
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The United Nations has become a place where many countries seek to achieve a lynching of the United States by resolution.
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Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you.
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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Being a recognised face has its problems. I miss the freedom to go anywhere I want to.
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I really like clever men who challenge you.
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Reality: What a concept!
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Nobodoy can make anybody else learn anything. You can't make them.Any more than if you are a gardener you make flowers grow. You don't make the flowers grow. You don't stick the petals on the leaves and paint it. The flower grows itself. Your job if you are any good at it, is to provide the optimal conditions for growth.
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We are reluctant to live outside tribal rules because we are afraid of getting kicked out of the tribe.
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My mum enrolled me in this free dance class because I had so much energy in the night-time, and she just wanted me to go to sleep. I ended up falling in love with dancing, singing, acting, the whole entertainment world. Then, my mum ended up taking on an extra job so she could fund me to take singing lessons or go to drama classes.
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A lot of what Trinidad is about is the feeling of the place, the atmosphere of the place, particularly at night, and the mystery of the forest.
