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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Across energy, food, transportation, housing, and all of that, very little of our progress is going to be through getting people to voluntarily consume less. People resist that tremendously. What we have to do, if we want to succeed, is provide more of the clean, non-polluting, climate-safe options in all of these.
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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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Bond in 'Goldeneye' is pretty much a set character. To be honest, he's another version of Connery, and Connery was terrific. How many submarines can you blow up? How many control rooms are evaporating?
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Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.
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In light of these facts Republicans have put forth a variety of proposals to make Social Security remain solvent for future generations. But up to this point, Democrats have chosen to oppose our good faith efforts and insist that indeed there is no problem.
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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.
