Emir Kusturica Quotes
I am not trying to say I'm a genius, but 'Underground' was the strongest attack there has been on Milosevic. It is about a man who locks his friends in a cellar for 40 years and convinces them that the war is still going on. He uses them, but they still think he is a great guy. And this was shown in every cinema in Serbia.
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I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an allegory, a fantasy, it can be developed in synthetic terms.
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I think people come and go, 'I'm going to find the real Gary. What is it... the real Gary? I've got to find it.' But the thing is, it's pretty much what you see is what you get. I'm just like this. There's no hidden viciousness.
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I'm a huge Disney nut. I have been since I was a little kid.
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Everything begins with an idea.
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Gossip can be entertaining: occasionally, I've heard the most fascinating things about myself I never knew.
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Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
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I think R. Kelly's range is so vast and broad that in order to stimulate himself creatively as an artist, he has to step so, so far outside the box, or else he feels like he's not challenging himself.
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I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.
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We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.
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When you're buying paintings, it feels grown up.
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I always hope to be a better person tomorrow than today.
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Real riches are the riches possessed inside.
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We've come a long way in our thinking, but also in our moral decay. I can't imagine Dr. King watching the 'Real Housewives' or 'Jersey Shore.'
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The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn.
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Too many times, the international community has not prepared the post-conflict period in time.
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I shampoo every other day and only do the roots. I can't shampoo all the way down to the end, because it will dry my hair out. I use a mask multiple times a week to restore moisture.
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Hearts are the strongest when they beat in response to noble ideals.
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I learn my songs by ear.
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Power corrupts, and there is nothing more corrupting than power exercised in secret.
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To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
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It's better to get mugged than to live a life of fear.
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One of the things you're doing when you make art, apart from entertaining yourself and other people, is trying to see what ways of working feel good, what feels right.
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I thought my family was really funny. Everybody in my family was funny. My mom and dad both have great senses of humor and really saw the funny in stuff, so I think that's probably where it came from. I always try to see the funny in things.
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I am not trying to say I'm a genius, but 'Underground' was the strongest attack there has been on Milosevic. It is about a man who locks his friends in a cellar for 40 years and convinces them that the war is still going on. He uses them, but they still think he is a great guy. And this was shown in every cinema in Serbia.
