Derek Cianfrance Quotes
One reason Cassavetes is a hero to me is that his movies grew with him; they reflected the stages of his life. He made movies about where he was at that time. That's what I want to do with my films.
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My favorite film is probably the finale - 'Deathly Hallows: Part 2'.
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I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
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I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.
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The old series of sittings with Mrs. Piper convinced me of survival for reasons which I should find it hard to formulate in any strict fashion, but that was their distinct effect.
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It is right that we be concerned with the scientific probity of metaphysics.
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I believe in luck. My luck's real streaky.
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Sometimes I wake up, I feel like, I'm like 80-years-old.
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Most of the time, as a model, I feel like I'm just a doll. They control how I should move.
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Everyone wants to be a stylist. If you know that's your calling, then you need to intern as much a humanly possible. You need to go to fashion school if you can.
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I don't pick and choose subjects or settings; they pick and choose me.
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What we want to do is put a price on greenhouse gases. Because if they're more expensive, businesses will find a way to be more efficient or switch to solar or hydro or wind power. So that will reduce emissions.
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The greatest thing about being in a band, and the strength of having companionship and collaboration, is also the thing that makes a band break up because then you begin to feel confined. Like, who am I as an individual, as a writer, as a performer?
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct do.
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I have been in more classrooms than any legislator will ever walk into in their lives, and I see wonderful, caring, dedicated teaching out there.
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In a city like New York, any night can be completely different, even in a subtle way.
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Location is the sole difference between mobile and traditional Web.
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I prefer to leave the paintings to speak for themselves.
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I always wanted to be a rock star. That was my childhood dream. That's what I told everybody I was going to be when I grew up.
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If a man's wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen; for they are cymini sectores, splitters of hairs.
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I never lost my interest in acting but I did lose my interest in the business and what I had to go through to make a film. I felt saturated, you know, like a sponge when it's saturated - it's not good.
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My old school in Liverpool is now a performing-arts school, and I kind of teach there - I use the word lightly - but I go there and talk to students.
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Unfortunately for critics and audiences alike, I have made several films, and some films with really terrific actors. And I say this at my own peril, but Marion Cotillard is the best actor I've ever worked with.
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One reason Cassavetes is a hero to me is that his movies grew with him; they reflected the stages of his life. He made movies about where he was at that time. That's what I want to do with my films.
