David O. Russell Quotes
The great lesson about filmmaking is never take "no" for an answer, especially if you have a lot of passion and inspiration to do something.
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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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Deeply consider that it is your duty and interest to read the Holy Scriptures.
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I was certainly a better actor after my five years in Hollywood. I had learned to be natural - never to exaggerate. I found I could act on the stage in just the same way as I had acted in a studio: using my ordinary voice, eliminating gestures, keeping everything extremely simple.
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I remember a tour where we played 50 cities in 56 days. We also went to Europe a couple of times.
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I am not in politics to make more money.
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I have to think about how to not spread myself too thin. It's a really great problem to have.
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It is indeed hard for the strong to be just to the weak, but acting justly always has its rewards.
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I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.
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Writers shouldn't have lives that are interesting. It gets in the way of your work.
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There are people who go clad in tunics and have nothing to do with furs, who nevertheless are lacking in humility. Surely humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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Life is short, and we should respect every moment of it.
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Also, I have found that I really like to work in English. It's very strange because it's exactly the opposite of what I thought it would be like.
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I thank you for your kind invitation to introduce me to the president of the Republic. Since I have not been out of my atelier for two months, I have no appropriate costume for this circumstance. Please excuse me.
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From my own point of view, I hope everybody would realise that people who work in Scottish football - referees included - are always under terrific scrutiny.
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I quit high school the first day of 10th grade because I felt like I was wasting time.
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It's been said that the men in my books have been absent, or weak, or creepy.
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We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
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I may make jokes about Microsoft at times, but at the same time, I think the Microsoft hatred is a disease.
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There are countries that prefer to think that they're buying comfort at the cost of others, but I don't think that's the way you can act in this world. There are no neutral groups.
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I have a passion for my work, and that sometimes triggers creative conflicts.
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My other brother, the Lord Lucas, who was heir to my father's estate, and as it were the father to take care of us all, is not less valiant than they were, although his skill in the discipline of war was not so much, not being bred therein.
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The great lesson about filmmaking is never take "no" for an answer, especially if you have a lot of passion and inspiration to do something.
