Jack Kirby Quotes
I've never done anything half-heartedly; it's a disservice to me and the audience if I do it half-heartedly.
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Women in their 40s have gone through quite a few different things, and so the roles are going to reflect that. People say, 'Oh, it's done by 40,' and now everyone knows it's not. I actually feel like the roles are a lot more interesting.
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But Eraserhead was the first real intense kind of thing I had ever done before the cameras and Lynch had to really bring me down a lot and he still does.
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When you are performing in theater, you feel so connected to your audience. It's exhilarating!
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Anyone who says they want to make a game that becomes a cult classic is kinda screwy, right? I mean, you want to reach the largest audience you can.
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The important thing is having genuine regard for your audience.
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David Bowie was awesome the easiest, coolest interview I have ever done.
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Revision is the heart of writing. Every page I do is done over seven or eight times.
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I've done fine in this business, but I've never made quite enough money to have a family or have many options.
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You have to understand that you are not making the film for yourself; you're making it for the audience. If I am asking my audiences to buy tickets, I owe them the worth of their money, and I owe them entertainment.
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I was very lucky. Things happened, both bad and good, but I never got into real, deep trouble. But it wore me down. By the time I was 18, I was done. I didn't want to live the life any more. I needed to develop past the point that busking takes you to.
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Even though 'Vicky Donor' was a huge success, I have had one or two films which have not done well, but that's all right.
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The audience has always been my best director.
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Trying to guess what the (mass) audience wants and then trying to satisfy that is usually a bad recipe for getting something good.
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Anything that's done to address unemployment in terms of massive stimulus spending is going to exacerbate deficits. And anything that's done to address deficits in the short-term is going to exacerbate unemployment.
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Sometimes I feel like an impostor, and I have to remind myself, 'You are able to do this.' I look at the books on the shelf that have my name on them to remind myself I have done it before and, likely, I can do it again.
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I'm a career prosecutor. I have been trained, and my experience over decades, is to make decisions after a review of the evidence and the facts. And not to jump up with grand gestures before I've done that. Some might interpret that as being cautious. I would tell you that's just responsible.
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Dallas is a positive, get-it done city.
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Yes, actually ever since I saw his films and tried to write about them, Sirk's been in everything I've done. Not Sirk himself, but what I've learned from his work.
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Many times players have done stuff to me, like kick me. But I'm not a cry baby.
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Why do you think the fans like us - why they prefer our street raps over all that phony stuff out there? Because we're telling the real story of what it's like living in places like Compton. We're giving them reality. We're like reporters. We give them the truth.
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The hard part (of communication) is hearing criticism so it can be easily given.
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When you're through changing, you're through.
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I don't think God said we should all be soft. My job is to compete, and the best prevails. I will continue to play, and that's the way I'm succeeding in my life. If I hit you by mistake, all I can say is 'I'm sorry,' and I keep moving on.
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I've never done anything half-heartedly; it's a disservice to me and the audience if I do it half-heartedly.
