David Zucker Quotes
It didn't happen every time for every movie. Ruthless People was a good movie, but we didn't get a good release or marketing. They completely blew the opening.
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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The way I like to work is to attach personal experiences to what I'm doing, so it helps tremendously if I can write my own play under what the writer has written.
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When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.
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There are roles out there and women out there that are fascinating to me, and there are things in our culture that I see that I want to express. It's my passion to express that.
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I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.
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I went to a very progressive elementary school where I was heavily educated in civil rights. I remember learning about Harvey Milk when I was in sixth or seventh grade and being so inspired.
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Properties have different characteristics, like companies, and the market throws up more opportunities because it is inefficient.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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Questions that require answers are what keep readers going - and the place to start raising those questions is with your very first sentence.
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I'm not the type of actor who is trying to do a whole bunch of different stuff, you know what I mean?
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You have to really prove yourself to young people, and if your answer is clear and consistent and loving - even if it's angry and disappointed - what's important is that you're being real and honest and not going anywhere.
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The notion that female initiative is useless because men know what they want is particularly odd - most people don't even know what they want for dinner.
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I always say you can never be extravagant with beauty. Beauty is God made real. Beauty is life.
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I think there's no higher calling in terms of a career than public service, which is a chance to make a difference in people's lives and improve the world.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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And my friends, you ain't seen nothin' yet.
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I went down to Venezuela and ended up renting a helicopter and flew with my sons to the tops of the tepuis, these freestanding jungle mesas, 'lost worlds' as it were. In fact, it's almost impossible to access them without one. So we were able to land and spend some time there. We were trapped for about six hours by clouds that came in.
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As an actor, I want to build a career as an actor. It's hard to even get a job sometimes, so as my career builds, I can be more picky than I used to be.
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Some people think of feminine as just being pretty and quiet and sweet, but I also think being feminine is being angry and also being sexy and aggressive and passionate.
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Diversity on the bench is critical. As practitioners, you need judges who 'get it!' We need judges who understand what discrimination feels like. We need judges who understand what inequality feels like. We need judges who understand the subtleties of unfair treatment and who are willing to call it out when they see it!
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I have to say that as an actor, I really look for the role. I'm not really looking to see if it's for television or film, because there are highly talented people in both mediums.
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I don't have time to think about age. There are so many things to do.
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I always like to get a role where I think, 'Ah, I know this is probably going to be played like this, but I'm going to do it like this.'
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It didn't happen every time for every movie. Ruthless People was a good movie, but we didn't get a good release or marketing. They completely blew the opening.
