Keith Maitland Quotes
I love working with rotoscopic animation because under the incredible handpainted artwork are real actors and real human performances.
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From the pop side, people like Usher, and when they first came out, I listened to guys like K-Ci and JoJo; that '90s R&B thing really caught my ear.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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We don't ask the actor playing James Bond what his sexual preference is. So I don't know what it is, really, with trying to out actors who portray gay characters on television. But it is some sort of fascination in society.
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There's a fast-track if you can do the networking. For some personalities it works, but for mine it doesn't.
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Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
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My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
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I believe the Thai people are patient, and the people at least give me a chance to prove my ability to help them.
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I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some anger comes. But it never lasts long. I always try to think at a deeper level, to find ways to console.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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A lot of times on tour it's about, 'OK, where am I today? Wow, I'm in Costa Rica. What is their famous dish?' And it's about trying the food, and really experiencing it.
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I've had a dozen novels published and have made far more than a dozen mistakes. Which is why Randy Susan Meyers and I wrote a guidebook to help authors avoid making our mistakes.
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Men! The only animal in the world to fear.
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I sometimes get that wonderful sympathy between me and the audience, telling me I've reached their hearts. And when I do, the thrill is mine.
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Like the Britain of Beaverbrook and Kipling, Japan in the early twentieth century was a jingoistic nation, subduing weaker countries with the help of populist politicians and sensationalist journalism.
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Controversial means somebody who makes people think. And if you are afraid of people who will be against you, you might as well stay home and do nothing.
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I just love writing. It's magical, it's somewhere else to go, it's somewhere much more dreadful, somewhere much more exciting. Somewhere I feel I belong, possibly more than in the so-called real world.
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I'm obsessed with 'Homeland.' It's not even okay.
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Success takes us to the top and away from those we love.
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Instead of envying what others have, decide what YOU want out of life and focus on achieving it.
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I'm a real romantic.
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When I was in the middle of the 'Scott Pilgrim' series, and it was slowly becoming more popular, though still not financially solvent, I had this real bratty instinct to turn around and do something super arty and dark. I felt dismissed by comics culture, stuck in between the artcomix world and the nerdcomix world, and I was cranky about it.
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Real girls aren't perfect, and perfect girls aren't real.
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I love working with rotoscopic animation because under the incredible handpainted artwork are real actors and real human performances.
