David Carey Quotes
The U.S. business for most magazines is a moderate growth business. The international business - especially in China and Russia - is a faster growth business.
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It takes two years on the stage for an actor or an actress to learn how to speak correctly and to manage his voice properly, and it takes about ten years to master the subtle art of being able to hold one's audience.
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The billable hours is a classic case of restricted autonomy. I mean, you're working on - I mean, sometimes on these six-minute increments. So you're not focused on doing a good job. You're focused on hitting your numbers. It's one reason why lawyers typically are so unhappy. And I want a world of happy lawyers.
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I have made enough money to secure my family and that is all I care about.
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I'm from Miami, I love it when we're out in the heat. When it's cold, I'm like, 'I'm never acting again,' because it's too freezing.
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Escapism makes a lot of intuitive sense - whisk people away from their cares with stories of a better life.
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I want to be scared. I want to keep taking insane risks. I want to be scared because you're going to grow through that whether you want to or not. I don't want to play the same guy. I want to keep throwing curveballs to you guys and keep telling stories.
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Robots do not hold on to life. They can't. They have nothing to hold on with - no soul, no instinct. Grass has more will to live than they do.
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One has to be fully committed to one's career. Otherwise, there's no point.
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My normal life is like being on holiday.
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I've turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
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Barack Obama's victories in 2008 and 2012 were dismissed by some of his critics as merely symbolic for African Americans. But there is nothing 'mere' about symbols.
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There has been a big debate about it: can a black man play a Nordic character?
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It's difficult to believe that Al Gore was oblivious to the existing laws. He has to respond at some point.
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'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have - 'What's going to happen to your child if you're not around?'
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I had a nervous breakdown when I was 17 or 18, when I had to go and work with Marky Mark and Herb Ritts. It didn't feel like me at all. I felt really bad about straddling this buff guy. I didn't like it.
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When I paint, I definitely live in the present, like someone in a shower whistling or singing.
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I don't believe in hostile moves. I don't believe they carry any value.
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Perhaps concentrated wealth will inspire a nation of innovative problem-solvers. But if the view of many economists is right - that it sometimes discourages innovation - then we should worry.
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A big diamond necklace is nouveau riche, really. People who have wealth a long time don't wear such things.
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In a collaborative environment directors hire actors because they want their input, not just their bodies.
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The television business is based on managed dissatisfaction. You're watching a great television show you're really wrapped up in? You might get 50 minutes of watching a week and then 18,000 minutes of waiting until the next episode comes along.
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So all of these companies that are going for the big growth, if it continues for any length of time, will outlast their resources and outlast their customers and go belly-up. And that's why these huge companies have massive layoffs all the time.
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When you're young it's easy to confuse passion for love.
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The U.S. business for most magazines is a moderate growth business. The international business - especially in China and Russia - is a faster growth business.
