Preston Sturges Quotes
You can't go around the theatres handing out cards saying, 'It isn't my fault'. You go onto the next one.
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Psychiatry causes so much death.
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I'd like to scale back the television. I'm constantly told that I'm over-exposed, and I don't want to end up like Carol Vorderman.
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I don't think Joe Louis could take the punches today fighting in this era.
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Defending peace is the duty of all.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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I don't like to direct myself.
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My character Saurabh Singhania is a rich, bad guy who is driven by revenge, so much that you feel like scratching his face or throwing stones at him. The intimate scenes in the trailer are creating quite a buzz... I wish they had shown more of the story instead of the sizzling scenes. The film is not about boldness or intimacy.
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'Trolls' was a blank slate - there was no world, no mythology. We talked a lot about the Grinch and we liked how they showed his heart growing, but how do you show a photographable device like that for the Bergens? We ended up using color for a lot of that: desaturating and then pulling the saturation up.
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I truly believe that my songs bring the answers and the solutions, as opposed to just talking about the problems. My music at its core is joyful.
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When I was making my first films, I was very interested in Hollywood B movies.
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Everybody has to look after their own economy and follow the rules.
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Whenever I am asked about my personal relationships, I politely reply, 'No comments.'
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I don't mean to criticize anyone in any way that I wouldn't criticize myself. I think people should have fun, and have a good time, and enjoy the luck that we have to be lazy and dwell in consumerism. But I think that it's a balance. And our job as actors is empathy.
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A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.
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I am obsessed with rap music - it's such a big part of my life.
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In so far as a scientific statement speaks about reality, it must be falsifiable; and in so far as it is not falsifiable, it does not speak about reality.
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Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same.
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People in Russia adapt to misery by a deep, deep humor.
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If you ever see young artists, and they're not sounding good, they sound good. They're good singers. They wouldn't be where they are if they didn't sound good. It's their nerves. Any time you see your favorite artist, and he's or she's screwing up or not hitting those notes, it's not because she can't hit it or she can't sing; he or she is scared.
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I've always been really hard on myself. If I didn't book a job, I would cry.
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I'd have to fight for an Australian role over an American actor, and I already have to do that overseas, so why would I have to do it back at home?
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If there's ever a vote for single-payer, I'm a 'yes.' But there are lots of things we can do in the meantime.
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The female rock-'n'-roll-country-pop songwriter is back, and her name is Taylor Swift. And it's women like her who are going to save the music business.
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You can't go around the theatres handing out cards saying, 'It isn't my fault'. You go onto the next one.
