David MacKenzie Quotes
As a director, when you embrace a project, you try to understand as much as you can about its world, and you do that by embracing and engaging with people who are in that world. Then it's down to your best instincts, which is what most directing is about anyway.
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I pledged to become the world's greatest expert in a field I knew nothing about.
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I particularly like Hershey's chocolate - the kind which has almonds in it.
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A sack is way better than any nightclub. A touchdown is way better than any bar experience I've ever had.
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I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
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Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.
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If Turkey wants to join Europe, it will have to become a European country, and that might take a long time.
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All peoples have contributed to the overall progress and enhancement of human life.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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Sometimes you just have to jump off the cliff without knowing where you will land.
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If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.
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I'm a conservative Republican, small-business guy, married to same gal - love of my life - for 36 years. Strong family man, deacon at my church; I believe in America. I know government is not the answer; individual liberty and personal responsibility is the answer.
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Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
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Every time you come out with an album or a song, you want to feel like you're growing a bit in what you are and giving people something that they can feel.
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The success of Torn was a bit too much for me. I took a year off and was still scared to start the second album.
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Men are every bit as gendered as women.
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Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
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If the Knesset is a temple, then Feiglin is the idol. A Knesset where Feiglin presides is an impure Knesset.
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To be half-naked for a Greek mythology movie, it's a piece of art. You know, there's nothing vulgar in there.
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I'm unable to ignore the gift that God gave me, so I'm going to sing.
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I don't think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present.
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It's interesting - a lot of good actors are good mimes. But I'm terrible. If I tried to do an impression, nobody would know what I was doing.
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The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides cannot even agree on a definition of the institution they are arguing about.
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I call 'Community' the best day job in the world, because between takes, I get to write music. I get to write sketches. I get to write movies. It's the best job ever.
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As a director, when you embrace a project, you try to understand as much as you can about its world, and you do that by embracing and engaging with people who are in that world. Then it's down to your best instincts, which is what most directing is about anyway.
