Debra Granik Quotes
Festivals are where I see other peoples' films, where we talk, where I get to learn what was working about the film, I get to have a discussion with viewers... and people who enjoy reading films - I enjoy reading other peoples' films, and what discussions can come of that.
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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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The natural world is often bleak, but the language devoted to it is as careful as needlepoint and prophetic as well.
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I guess you could say I'm pretty wary.
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Age is just a number. Unless, that is, you live in Hollywood, where there's this notion that if you haven't hit it big by your 20s, you may as well hit the road.
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People know things and have a remarkable capacity to act in their individual immediate interests all the time.
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Minimalism now is a reaction to what came before. It's absolutely of its time. Music moved into the set theory thing, and moved out of it.
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I think Twitter is the future of communications and Square will be the payment network.
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I don't want to talk about negative, dark things. The only thing I've got against stuff like Marilyn Manson is, they make unbelievable videos and unbelievable images.
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I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.
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A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.
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I'm interested in playing, not working.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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I have been acting since I was thirteen.
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If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy.
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Once again, Pat Robertson leaves us speechless with his insensitivity and arrogance.
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I don't need fame any more. People are less interested in me in terms of celebrity. I'm happy to see a new generation being the media focus. I'm happy my day is done. It's over.
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Actors, after all, dream.
Nastassja Kinski -
Your initial idea may or may not work, but you have to remember that a failed idea is nothing but a stepping stone to a bigger success.
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Remember, either you control your money or it will control you.
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If you are wise, Matson said to himself grimly, you never take one-way trips. Anywhere. Even to Boise, Idaho...even across the street. Be certain, when you start, that you can scramble back.
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Before peace between the nations, we have to find peace inside that small nation which is our own being.
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There's no disputing that for pols, the Internet is a great way to connect with people and raise some cash and post 'Sopranos' parodies or play your opponent's macaca moments. But in a 'net root' sense, it's pretty useless for getting someone elected.
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I becan acting when River was doing this TV series and they needed two kids for the show, so they got me and my little sister, Summer, to do it. After that I did some really weird guest spots with orangutans and stuff.
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Festivals are where I see other peoples' films, where we talk, where I get to learn what was working about the film, I get to have a discussion with viewers... and people who enjoy reading films - I enjoy reading other peoples' films, and what discussions can come of that.
