Darren Aronofsky Quotes
I grew up in a family with two very strong women, my mother and my older sister, and they were big influences on my life.

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I know what to do and I go and execute.
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My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.
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I did Our Daily Bread for King and that made me popular in the Soviet Union; King was amused by that.
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Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.
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I am blessed to have worked in big-budget films at an early stage of my career.
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Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire, so they were forced to do it, otherwise the war might have gone on. So the motivation has been very different.
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There's monsters in all of us, but there's also vulnerability.
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Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a war of legitimate defence, by which alone it can ever regain independence and freedom.
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We don't want to be treated any differently, and we want to continue with our lives and our careers.
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The Honorable Elijah Muhammad says that we should be separate, all right, but in this separate state or separate existence, the black man should be given the opportunity and the incentive to do for himself what the white man has done for himself.
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Ulysses, obviously. It was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall for it.
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I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.
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I'm no angel, but I'm no monster, either.
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I'd like to make something about someone who hasn't existed so that I don't have to tread so carefully and can feel a little bit more creative freedom.
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There's such a fan base for 'Dark Shadows'. I remember watching the show as a kid, but I wasn't an ardent fan. I didn't run home from school to watch it.
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I'm very happy with the choices I've been making and the people I've been working with. I hope I can continue along this path.
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I just like a good story. I want the story to be good, and I want the character to be different than the last one I played. That's not always possible, but that's what I want.
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When I do work, I feel the same sort of urgency as I ever did. If I didn't feel that, I don't think I would wish to be doing it. I wouldn't really see the point.
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In England a man is presoomed to be innocent till he's proved guilty an' they take it f 'r granted he's guilty. In this counthry a man is presoomed to be guilty ontil he's proved guilty an' afther that he's presoomed to be innocent.
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Anyone can write your own life story.
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My parents are the reason I wanted to make Shakespeare available to ordinary people.
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In real life, I'm pretty much an eternal optimist.
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Bond? It is a bit like saying, 'Do you want to play Superman?' Anyone would dream of it. It's one of the most coveted roles in film. I'd be honoured. But I don't know if it will actually happen. I'm just happy with the idea of being associated with it. It's nice there's a lot of good will.
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I grew up in a family with two very strong women, my mother and my older sister, and they were big influences on my life.