David Small Quotes
I was in college in the sixties when movies really got good. I'm a fan of Bergman and Hitchcock and Polanski and Antonioni. Those are my gods.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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I believe in the institution of marriage and it's like a tag to cement the relationship for your friends, family and public.
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It's something you dream about, working in Scotland, working in Glasgow, walking down the same streets I used to walk down when I was a drama student, daydreaming about being in an American TV show or doing something that was well known. I guess I sort of pinch myself.
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The prayers of cowards fortune spurns.
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Online, you have things like Slate Magazine, which has a lot of commentary and analysis of stories, so it gives you a fuller picture. I would compare that to a news magazine or the New Republic.
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Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre.
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When the audience enjoys your performance, you feel like a magician who is doing magic. It's a great feeling!
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My mother took great relish in introducing me as 'This is my son - he's a doctor but not the kind that helps people.'
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Every once in a while I feel the tremendous force of the novel. But it does not stay with me.
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Splendid architecture, the love of your life, an old friend... they can all go drifting by unseen if you're not careful.
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In the early '90s, I was hired to write educational dramas about HIV and AIDS in the shantytowns. I did that for two and a half years, and then I was hired on other films. When 'Tsotsi' presented itself, I thought, 'This is not a world I grew up in, but I've spent a great deal of time writing about it and researching it in my past.'
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When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved.
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I have had bullets flying at concerts, but I don't want to talk about that.
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Marriage requires a special talent, like acting. Monogamy requires genius.
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I still feel I need to do things 10 times better than other players. Just to be accepted and to improve myself.
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Beware of the company you keep. See that you associate with the right type of people.
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As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.
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Being able to go forward has been good, you know? I'm lucky to have that ability, to pressure guys and make them falter and wilt.
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In India, you see the way they embrace color in the culture - it's very celebratory of the existence of color. There's no rule of what color belongs together or doesn't belong together. They're not precious about it. It's very full-on.
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You don't have to be worried about labeling me.
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There ain't nothing good that don't got real bad waiting to follow it.
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I was good friends with Frank Sinatra, I heard Steve Kaufman painting his portrait, so I asked Steve to paint my portrait.
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A diet of violence or pornography dulls the senses, and future exposures need to be rougher and more extreme. Soon the person is desensitized and is unable to react in a sensitive, caring, responsible manner, especially to those in his own home and family. Good people can become infested with this material and it can have terrifying, destructive consequences.
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I was in college in the sixties when movies really got good. I'm a fan of Bergman and Hitchcock and Polanski and Antonioni. Those are my gods.
