Orson Welles Quotes
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I miss having my mom and close friends around. Thank God for Skype and Face-Time, which keep me connected... but interacting digitally can't come close to the feeling of being hugged by my mom or getting together for a meal with my friends on the same table.
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I keep waiting for a paradigm shift to happen that will let network and studio execs see that sci-fi is the same as any other genre in terms of how you approach it - logically, character-based, with challenging ideas and forward thinking - but I worry that it might never happen in my lifetime.
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You have got to pay attention, you have got to study and you have to do your homework. You have to score higher than everybody else. Otherwise, there is always somebody there waiting to take your place.
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If we are ever to halt climate change and conserve land, water and other resources, not to mention reduce animal suffering, we must celebrate Earth Day every day - at every meal.
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Weakness is something we don't like to admit we have. We hold it against people, until we experience it, and then we feel more compassion for it.
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My friends in the TV news business are in a state of despair about Donald Trump, even as their bosses in the boardroom are giddy over what he's doing for their once sagging ratings.
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I'm such a fan of Shailene Woodley, so I'm super excited to see all her stuff. She's an awesome actress.
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Some of the furor that surrounded a Harry Potter publication was fun.
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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I love Vanna White as much as the next guy.
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Right now too much American time and resources are spent dealing with situations caused by our dependence on oil that we import from unstable countries.
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I think the audience keeps it fresh for me. You just never know – every audience has its own personality.
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You reach a point where you don't work for money.
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I feel fine about getting older because I'm in good shape. I'm 64 and I feel good.
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On the face of it, China has won the Olympics. But it is not China that has won, but the Communist party. The Chinese people have lost.
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It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.
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I'm painfully middle class.
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When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.
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Part of what we talk about is, toughness is a talent.
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Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little.
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You have to know the rules, otherwise you have no tools to communicate to the audience, but to keep it fresh you have to break some. I don't choose genres as the element, but the material itself is the element, then I'll decide what genre I need. That's just how I work.
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I don't like smiley pictures. A smile is a defense mechanism. It says, You can't have the real me but here's my smile. You get closer to the real person when they stop smiling.
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I hate that if you do one style of music or become really well known for that one song, that everything that comes after has to fit that mold.
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I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.
