Abraham Polonsky Quotes
I'll give you my answer calmly and sensibly, my final answer. My final answer is finally no. The answer is no! Absolutely and finally no! Finally and positively no! No! No! No! N - O!
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You have to be un-comfortably comfortable in this business. There's always somebody else who wants what you have.
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It's very hard to be an innovator at the highest level in any discipline. For some chefs it's merely about combining ingredients, but that's something you can do with your eyes closed.
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Girls love guys who dance, and I'm definitely going to be the first one on the dance floor. Usually, you just see guys sitting around, but I definitely don't hold back when it comes to dancing.
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Everyone has something to sell. The greatest thing you can ever sell is an idea or talent.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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Stuffed vine leaves tend to burn and/or stick when you cook them. To avoid this, use a heavy based pan lined with a few layers of second-rate leaves.
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With Altman, he does discuss everything with you, but then leaves you to it and gives you full rein and lets you improvise and create a character while the camera is rolling.
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You know, children philosophize more than adults - and they are critical of adults.
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If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
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You don't despair about something like the Middle East, you just do the best you can.
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When you negotiate with terrorists, you get more terror.
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When you're climbing at high altitudes, life can get pretty miserable.
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There's a reason you can still read Thucydides, and it still makes sense to you thousands of years later.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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With sitcom writing, you're trying to write stories.
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The thing a drama school can't give you is instinct. It can sharpen instinct but that can't be taught, and you have to have intuition. It's an essential ingredient.
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You should seek approval from yourself.
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Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.
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There are ogres and black beasts out there; you have to be constantly on guard.
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It takes me a long time to write, and I trust myself, so I write very sparsely, so when I do, I know it's good, you know what I mean? Rather than writing a whole bunch and having to sort out what's good and what's not.
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I have an issue with rage. I'm going to work that out, long term.
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As delicate as 'Guy and Madeline' was, it was important that 'Whiplash' come off as more of a fever dream.
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One day, when we were coming back from school, we saw this big cloud of smoke coming up, and all these fire-trucks in the yard. The garage was burning down. I was 14, and we'd lost everything.
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I'll give you my answer calmly and sensibly, my final answer. My final answer is finally no. The answer is no! Absolutely and finally no! Finally and positively no! No! No! No! N - O!
