David Zayas Quotes

Working on 'Dexter' is like shooting one big movie every year.

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• I made my first movie when I was five.

  

  Abigail Breslin
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• When I write a movie, I write it for me.

  

  Taylor Sheridan
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• Frank Capra, Hollywood's Horatio Alger, lights with more cinematic know-how and zeal than any other director to convince movie audiences that American life is exactly like the 'Saturday Evening Post' covers of Norman Rockwell. 'It's A Wonderful Life,' the latest example of Capracorn, shows his art at a hysterical pitch.

  

  Manny Farber
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• One minute, it seemed I had more movie offers than I could handle; the next – no one wanted me.

  

  Sal Mineo
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• I'm not a movie star like other actors in the way that I need to walk with a bodyguard.

  

  Olivier Martinez
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• Books are my art. The movie is someone else's art. But it's great marketing for books.

  

  Barry Eisler
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• If you are playing someone living, it is a different type of judgment. However much work you do, it is not a documentary. There will be things you can't get right, and ultimately, you have to take a leap because - you weren't there.

  

  Eddie Redmayne
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• It was really really neat to make the movie because there were mentally challenged actors in the movie. So that was really really cool to work with them and they were always really happy, and they made everybody really happy on the set too.

  

  Dakota Fanning
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• It was priceless. Being the UFC champion and having my kids in the Octagon, my wife, them holding the belt. That was like a movie.

  

  Rafael dos Anjos
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• I've seen the Pokemon movie, which is probably the worst movie ever made on any subject ever.

  

  Ian Hislop
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• Ninety-nine percent of the time, when it comes down to it, if I have the choice between a great role and seeing a new guy, I would probably go for the great role because I figure if the guy's really that great that he'll be around once I'm done with the movie.

  

  Madeline Zima
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• Some of the biggest movie stars in the world are essentially characters.

  

  Rainn Wilson
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• There have been moments where I'm like, 'I don't know how I'm going to survive and pay next month's rent.' And the next month I'm filming a movie in New York City.

  

  Kate Micucci
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• Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to casting people against type and trusting that their talent and skill will get them through.

  

  Sam Mendes
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• First of all, I'm Middle Eastern; I'm Iranian, so to be playing a leading role in a big Hollywood movie, I think, is possibly one of the first times.

  

  Nazanin Boniadi
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• If I don't direct a movie at some point, I've failed personally.

  

  Adam Brody
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• I think the way it works is that when you're casting a movie, you usually want to work with people that you believe in.

  

  Owen Wilson
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• Some movies bring out the creativity in you. Every single audience member can become creative in the face of a particular movie. If you happen to like my films, it's because my films provide a bed for you on which you can find your creativity. The Hollywood movies do not provide that for you.

  

  Abbas Kiarostami
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• Almost any movie, no matter how original, is borrowing from some other movies.

  

  Oren Peli
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• I don't want to be an art-house movie guy, where people who go to film school can discuss your work, but people who haven't studied cinema can't appreciate it. By the same token, I don't want to be the guy who's making this commercial pap that people lap up but that disappears the minute you leave the theater.

  

  Jon Favreau
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• Film is incredibly democratic and accessible, it's probably the best option if you actually want to change the world, not just re-decorate it.

  

  Banksy
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• I got worries by the ton, getting cancer's only one. Over taxed and alimonied, tired of eating fried baloney.

  

  Neil Diamond
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• New year, a new chapter and new possiblities

  

  Cathy Hopkins
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• Working on 'Dexter' is like shooting one big movie every year.

  

  David Zayas
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