Kodi Smit-McPhee Quotes
I think indie films have more of a fresh, experimental vibe about them, whereas studio films know what they want and can basically get it.
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I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
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Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all.
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The thing that I took away as an early fan from Bob Dylan was the storytelling aspects. He can tell some wicked stories.
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Today, the scope for variety has shrunk drastically. There are only a handful of topnotch composers like A. R. Rahman, Anu Malik, Jatin-Lalit... that's it.
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Artists want to be congratulated because they should be.
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I went to Moses Malone's golf tournament in Houston, and I've been hooked ever since.
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It's nice, because after you've worked with various directors and producers enough times, they start to know your voice and what you're capable of.
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Most of the most important experiences that truly educate cannot be arranged ahead of time with any precision.
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My working hypothesis is that stupidity in popular culture is a constant. Popular culture cannot get more stupid.
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At times one feels that what is being said in the West is that the fact that you are a Muslim predisposes you to this blind, stupid terrorism.
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My favorite thing about this business is you're just jammed in a room on a set with like-minded people - writers, directors, and art designers and hairdressers. People who didn't work a 9-to-5 but chose this life. You're going to like at least two or three people in that you love these people so much.
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I think to have done 'Titanic' would have been a tortuous experience altogether. I feel good about where my life is, now. I feel free and joyous and happy and more liberated than I have ever been.
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I don't read books.
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I mostly gave away what I had from the James Bond movie.
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I almost never cry, and it's something I don't like about myself. I sometimes try and make myself cry. Sometimes, when I'm in pain, I say if I could just cry it would make it so much easier.
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If anyone was going to write the definitive account of what the 2008 election meant for women, it would be Rebecca Traister.
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My predecessor, P. W. Botha, had an inner circle, and I did not like it. I preferred decisions to evolve out of cabinet discussions. That way, we achieved real co-ownership of our policies.
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Studying whether there's life on Mars or studying how the universe began, there's something magical about pushing back the frontiers of knowledge. That's something that is almost part of being human, and I'm certain that will continue.
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I sound. Like a demented rooster.
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That's really what drew me into wrestling. To see my own uncle put on the mask every Friday to go into the ring, and me putting on his masks to play wrestle with him. It was a whole different world when it came down to sports.
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Even though I always knew I had a good nose for fragrances, the process of creating my own, 'Alive,' turned out to be a great learning experience for me. And the name explains my reason behind it. Smelling good makes you feel alive.
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When you say, "there's no reason [to hit a woman]" that kills any examination as to how two people ended up at that place. When you say, "there's no reason," you cut out the build-up and you're just left with the act. How you gonna solve it if you don't figure it out?
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I think indie films have more of a fresh, experimental vibe about them, whereas studio films know what they want and can basically get it.
