David O. Russell Quotes
One of the things I've discovered at my age is I must have enchantment. And that was not clear to me in my earlier years. When I look at my favorite films, the Frank Capra - even Scorsese, even 'Goodfellas,' what makes that movie so remarkable is there's enchantment in their world.
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I focus on the elements of a movie that are meant to invisibly affect me as a viewer. The edges. As an author, I'm aware of how the subconscious things can pluck at a reader's emotions, and I love it when filmmakers do the same.
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As every scuba diver knows, panic is your worst enemy: when it hits, your mind starts to thrash and you are likely to do something really stupid and self-destructive.
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By the time you know what to do, you're too old to do it.
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I think I began to like writing a lot more, and to be a better writer, when I did it for a while alone. It made me a little more confident about my style.
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I've matured since joining United, on and off the field.
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I've found that entrepreneurial success usually comes through great execution, simply by doing a superior job of doing the blocking and tackling.
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The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.
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The good news is when you open up in Vegas, you have a lot of friends, because they all come over to see your opening night.
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My priority is to take care of my daughter and my family.
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I'm addicted to 'Scandal.' Joe Morton is the devil, and I love him. I am addicted to 'Boardwalk Empire.' Jeffrey Wright is the devil, and I love him.
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Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.
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I tell people marriage is a compromise, and so are renovations.
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When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity.
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I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.
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Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.
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The goal, as Compaq has stated all along in its history, is to support an open industry standard.
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Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.
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I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.
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I'm so American that I had grandfathers who actually fought a battle against each other.
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The beauty of recording in L.A. is that most of the musicians that are on the record live here, so it was easy to get world class artists like Rick Braun to swing by and play a little trumpet, Everette Harp on sax, guitarist Paul Jackson.
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When I was a kid, you went and saw movies. You knew very little about the actor's personal life except what would be, like, in Photoplay or something. We didn't hear "The Making of..." every single movie, and actors didn't have to put this tremendous piece of work that they'd done into a sound bite.
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A lot of the fun lies in trying to penetrate the mystery; and this is best done by saying over the lines to yourself again and again, till they pass through the stage of sounding like nonsense, and finally return to a full sense that had at first escaped notice.
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Somewhere between fear and sex passion is. The way there is sudden. The way out is worse.
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One of the things I've discovered at my age is I must have enchantment. And that was not clear to me in my earlier years. When I look at my favorite films, the Frank Capra - even Scorsese, even 'Goodfellas,' what makes that movie so remarkable is there's enchantment in their world.
