David Furnish Quotes
We want to make sure that our boys realize that there are all different kinds of families, and all families are great.
Quotes to Explore
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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Where having been an actor was extremely helpful to me was in casting. That's where I think a director who has acted can really shine, and casting is the most important thing you do.
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There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.
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Sometimes 'Rookie' is written about like, 'Finally! Something for alternative girls!' and I'm like, 'No!' Obviously it's not for everyone, but I used to think that there are cheerleaders, and there are art kids.
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War is the greatest failure of mankind.
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You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
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I think that's what helped us: confidence, respect, the desire to work hard.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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Apparently, Daniel Craig said I'd be a great Bond. Daniel, why did you say that? Dropped me right in it! What an honor it would be, but also, what an indication of change.
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My uncles and other relatives are against encouraging girls in every aspect, and that includes sports. I hardly interact with them. My parents are more open. They back me all the way.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
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I was a boy with one dream and one dream only: I wanted - no, strike that, I was desperate for - a room of my own. You see, in those days I shared a room with my little brother, Jesse, and it wasn't pretty. He was the Oscar to my Felix: messy, careless, and just a little bit sticky - exactly the way a kindergartner is supposed to be.
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It's always good to be known. You want to build your brand up, want to build your name.
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I would love to work with Matt Damon.
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Our eyes reflect light. Better that the lips are more like a rose petal.
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Awards are not the only markers of success; I don't judge myself just based on them. I believe that each cinema-goer has his own mental trophies.
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For those who turn to literary biography for salacious details, 'Flannery' will disappoint. It is the biography of someone who had very little chance to live in the conventional sense, to experience events.
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If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.
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My favorite films left the camera rest, and the actors and characters have a stage to act. Move the camera when it's motivating.
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I think now I'm up to something like 85 different titles that I've published.
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Winnie the Pooh and his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood are among the most entertaining and beloved characters ever animated by Disney.
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Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
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We want to make sure that our boys realize that there are all different kinds of families, and all families are great.
