Dito Montiel Quotes
If you get to bring a little movie on the festival circuit, it's a nice experience because you get to see it with an audience. People who go to festivals to watch films are usually a little more eager to enjoy them. It's exciting because it's like you're going to the film's opening night at every festival.Dito Montiel
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I don't see that many movies lately that are actually about something, that are trying to challenge something about the way that people interact.
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Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force.
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I'm always trying to do the impossible to please people. It comes from not being secure in myself and not looking at the things within I have to fix. Sometimes you keep going because you don't want to face the truth.
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Feminism remains something that needs to be explained to people.
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I like to put a stake in people, because I know people helped me.
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People really do not have time to read all the newspapers in the world and all the sites that we now commonly use on the web. There is no possibility of keeping up.
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My favorite Broadway show day-to-day, just for the experience, was 'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.' The people were so much fun. It was a great show.
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It's nice to see more of those meaty female characters emerging because so often in the industry, it's always about the males.
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I can be extremely vulnerable. People are tough on me because they think I can handle it.
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I think a first-time director always has to convince a lot of people that they're ready to do it.
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It's true what people say - that actors are the closest thing there is to children. They play.
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I enjoy encouraging and inspiring people to pursue their purpose in the arts. To help cultivate and develop their instrument.
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For me, the greatest thing a movie can do is rivet you while you're watching but also give you something to chew on for days and weeks after you've seen it.
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I find it odd that people will go to a nice restaurant or to the theater in jeans and T-shirts.
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Having your stuff online - some people think of it as gimmicky, but in a way, it's one of the most pure forms of having your work judged.
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For nighttime or for an event, I'm all about the nice heel. Something that's still walkable but definitely very elegant.
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Obviously people read the books in order to be entertained.
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My dream was to set up my own e-commerce company. In 1999, I gathered 18 people in my apartment and spoke to them for two hours about my vision. Everyone put their money on the table, and that got us $60,000 to start Alibaba. I wanted to have a global company, so I chose a global name.
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I was a very shy and introverted person, and it was hard for me to talk to people and make relationships.
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Thanks to the Japanese and Geronimo, John Wayne became a millionaire.
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So many songs are just a wink to the audience, but people take them seriously. 'My Humps?' C'mon!
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Companies that grow create wealth. This, in turn, allows people to have jobs that create more growth and more wealth. It's a virtuous cycle.
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Perhaps if I knew I would be stranded on an island with but one book, I would choose the Bible. For no religious reason whatsoever, but because of the varieties of stories, which might be useful as the days pass.
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If you get to bring a little movie on the festival circuit, it's a nice experience because you get to see it with an audience. People who go to festivals to watch films are usually a little more eager to enjoy them. It's exciting because it's like you're going to the film's opening night at every festival.
Dito Montiel
