Dean Devlin Quotes
The Titanic hit the iceberg not because they could not see it coming but because they could not change direction.
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The first prize for any production is, if you can find a location that means you don't have to build sets, that will serve, and is not excessively expensive to hire, then it can save you a lot of money.
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It is a poor cause which has to be lied for regularly.
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I would have done well as a gypsy child, I think. A circus baby. I coulda played a great street urchin or ragamuffin. Or just been one. I certainly liked entertaining people and making jokes, but I don't know necessarily if that's what your child is prone to that you should necessarily put them in a real working industry at six years old.
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Change is not only likely, it's inevitable.
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When I was growing up, I would go hang out with older guys at night in blues clubs.
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Even if it's a wonderful life, you wanna go somewhere and see the way other people reflect on the world and the lives that we're all living... I think regional theater is the life blood of our cultural lives.
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Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.
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I've never had a supernatural experience. I've been tempted to maybe have a tarot-card reading, but I don't know if I'd necessarily want to know.
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I'm tactile, very tactile. A woman who has really nice, looked-after skin is such a turn-on for me. It's always sexy.
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I saw 'Mahogany' and 'Lady Sings the Blues' when I was little and thought, 'That's what I want to do.'
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Fashion is a way of not having to decide who you are. Style is deciding who you are and being able to perpetuate it.
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Civilisational triumph is thus not a zero-sum enterprise that favours one geo-cultural domain over another.
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Some months ago, while I was preparing a new work, I told a young cinema executive my intention of including in a soundtrack two themes from Bach. But when he asked me which has been the last hit from that Bach?, then I knew that I had no longer place in cinema.
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During my days as a soccer player, my teammates used to call me 'Touch' because I have a touch of blonde hair on my forehead which is a birth mark. But now swimming is my favourite sport.
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I am uncomfortable with Sarah Palin. I have nothing against her. I'll say she's a very talented woman. Yet I think she owes John McCain her gratitude and loyalty.
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I've always been good at talking about my feelings; that helps with writing songs.
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I think I was a nomad in another life.
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Being with Kyra is so natural for me; it's the easiest aspect of my life. I know that I don't need a beach or room service to be happy.
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If something strikes me as funny, I'll put it in my performance.
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One thing I'm doing on the new Titanic recording is actually bringing in different acoustic spaces.
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Editing is the only process. The shooting is the pleasant work. The editing makes the movie, so I spend all my life in editing.
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I've always been very left of center and the radio never had much diversity and film did.
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Animation is about creating the illusion of life. And you can't create it if you don't have one.
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The Titanic hit the iceberg not because they could not see it coming but because they could not change direction.
