David Heyman Quotes
But I can't imagine Harry being a stockbroker at 35. That doesn't really seem the stuff of 'Harry Potter'.
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We have made mistakes. In our haste to do all things for all people, we did not foresee the full consequences of our actions. And when the people raised their voices, we didn't hear. But our deafness was only a temporary condition, and not an irreversible condition.
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The single most important thing that I feel responsible for is that the company cherishes the work.
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The questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do.
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When I was really young, I wanted to grow up and be the sun. Which shows an early penchant for ambition or narcissism or grandiosity or delusion - all of which are bellwethers for becoming a writer.
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Never count on the crowd to take care of you.
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I was never an assimilationist. I always thought gays had some special mission.
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Brooklyn, it's a great town, a great city. It's New York.
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Basically, I get paid to be crazy. I get paid to believe I'm someone else, live in a completely false reality, and believe it's real. And that's a little scary. And I do it to the best of my ability. But it's kind of like swimming out to sea. You have to leave enough energy to swim back, and sometimes you get scared you swam too far.
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I was sick and tired of being an English actor who did a lot of American movies because I was cheap and good.
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Anytime anybody is rude, it makes me double-check my own behavior to make sure I don't do that to other people.
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It is so tempting to try the most difficult thing possible.
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It always starts with a script. I like to have plenty of time to read something, and I always like to read a paper copy. I hate reading it on email. I sit down with a script, and want to see how it hits me. It's an instinctive process.
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I always love being in the company of women. It's all about good conversation and great wine.
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A healthy environment is essential to a livable Oregon and a strong economy.
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There's enormous energy required to carry grudges - enormous energy! And I'm getting too old to expend my energy that way, cause I think every person has a limited amount of energy. So I have given up all grudges.
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I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they're incredibly good telly.
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Most Israelis do want to keep Israel safe. The question is how do you do that.
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I've been sent lots of lovely gifts - everything from candy and peanut butter to hand-made quilts, pictures, and clothing. I was once sent a crate of avocados. Fortunately, I love them.
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The world concerns me only in so far as I have a certain debt and duty to it, because I have lived in it for thirty years and owe to it to leave behind some souvenir in the shape of drawings and paintings – not done to please any particular movement, but within which a genuine human sentiment is expressed.
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I don't recommend being a bachelor, but it helps if you want to write.
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Whenever you manage more than 100 attorneys, there's always going to be attorneys who believe that someone isn't as good as they are.
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I suppose you have work tomorrow? That's quite sad, really.
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The success that the Tolkien books had redefined modern fantasy.
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But I can't imagine Harry being a stockbroker at 35. That doesn't really seem the stuff of 'Harry Potter'.
