Denis Villeneuve Quotes
I was at the premiere of 'Prisoners,' and I heard two thousand people scream at the same time. I turned to my wife and said, 'I love cinema!' It's the sharing of emotions together, and it's collective. It's one of the last communions we have.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!
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When I sit down with my notebook, when I start scribbling words across the page, I find out what I'm feeling.
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Bipartisanship is really tough to achieve when everyone on both sides is left with a bad, bad taste in their mouths.
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The great sadness of my life is that I never achieved the hour newscast, which would not have been twice as good as the half-hour newscast, but many times as good.
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I feel fine about getting older because I'm in good shape. I'm 64 and I feel good.
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I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.
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TV has grown so much. It is like a powerhouse medium.
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In domestic life, the woman's value is inherent, unquantifiable; at home she exchanges proven values for mythological ones. She 'wants' to be at home, and because she is a woman, she's allowed to want it. This desire is her mystique, it is both what enables her to domesticate herself and what disempowers her.
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Don't try to dress like me or wear your hair like mine. Find your own style.
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I saw this thing years ago, where somebody filled a gymnasium with ping-pong balls and mousetraps. And then somebody threw just one more ping-pong ball in there, and literally, in five seconds, the room was popping. And then it was dead. And that's how it was with 'Dallas.' Just... 'boom!'
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Every day you wake up is an opportunity to go beyond, and that 's why I let my band go right now. For the first time in my life I'm just roaming around, vagabonding.
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Polo is a great thing to do with your kids and your family - it is a great day out. And to me, horses are amazing creatures that give you this cable to Earth and put you in contact with nature.
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The first bit of vinyl I bought was Michael Jackson's 'Bad.'
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I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students.
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I wondered had I really oversold the Hubble. I have to admit that, since, I have been convinced that I didn't.
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My lips are big, but my talent is bigger.
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A good system shortens the road to the goal.
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There are a number of women who have brought about immense change in society.
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I studied German at school. I lived in Berlin for two years and had a German girlfriend for five years, so I don't find speaking German particularly difficult. Singing was slightly more difficult.
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One of my mottoes as a writer is a little jotting from Kafka's journals: ‘Never again psychology!’ But alas, humankind is obsessed with its psychological workings, and since the novel can only treat of humankind . . . You see my predicament.
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I think people in power have a vested interest to oppose critical thinking.
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I was at the premiere of 'Prisoners,' and I heard two thousand people scream at the same time. I turned to my wife and said, 'I love cinema!' It's the sharing of emotions together, and it's collective. It's one of the last communions we have.
