David Zayas Quotes
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I made my first movie when I was five.
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The cutting room is where you discover the optimal length of the movie.
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When I write a movie, I write it for me.
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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.
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One minute, it seemed I had more movie offers than I could handle; the next – no one wanted me.
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I'm not a movie star like other actors in the way that I need to walk with a bodyguard.
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Books are my art. The movie is someone else's art. But it's great marketing for books.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I've seen the Pokemon movie, which is probably the worst movie ever made on any subject ever.
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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.
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Some of the biggest movie stars in the world are essentially characters.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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If I don't direct a movie at some point, I've failed personally.
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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.
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I try to look in the future and think backwards. That is when I am at my most comfortable. Because then I am just like the movie, 'Back to the Future.'
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For the most part, I think that people enjoy seeing a movie where they can just have fun.
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We didn't realize it at the time, but the release date, the ad campaign and the poster are so important.
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I hope the wonder of what happens to my characters never goes away. That yearning keeps me writing.
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I am rich beyond the dreams of avarice.
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Working on 'Dexter' is like shooting one big movie every year.
