Dito Montiel Quotes
I've done every job in the world, and movies, the only thing close to a movie that I've ever done is it's kind of like being in a band.Dito Montiel
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A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy.
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Hollywood, the business, would be just fine if someone were to destroy the Hollywood sign. The city's there is the airport - its point of entry and exit, and in some ways its identity.
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I've worked hard over the years, I've been injured and I've worked hard through it, and I've made it.
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Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.
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I think what television and video games do is reminiscent of drug addiction. There's a measure of reinforcement and a behavioural loop.
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No decent career was ever founded on a public.
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I was the first one in my family to go away to college. I came from a small town where there was no guidance in the high school at all. It was a mill town, and I never knew anyone who made their living from the arts. When you did go away to college, you went away to be something - an engineer, or a teacher, or a chemist.
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The United States is going to be a rich country, it is going to be prosperous, but it is not going to be able to take the lead in the next phase of global economic development.
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I love a lot of music that's considered folk music, but I also love a lot of music that's considered punk or considered rap. I don't mind being called a folk singer. But it seems a bit limiting. I want to be able to write whatever kind of song I want.
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The key is falling in love with something, anything. If your heart's attached to it, then your mind will be attached to it.
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The concept of emergent gameplay is really exciting. That's when players are really crafting their own experience. So if you're clever and creative, you can do things that even developers of the game didn't know were possible.
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I love Paul Giamatti - God, that man is like a walking Chekhov. His connection to humanity is unbelievable, and those feelings of low self-esteem - the way that all comes together on the screen? Delicious.
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What I found particularly fascinating and satisfying about the Hindu tradition was its spirit of inclusiveness. In Sanatan Dharma, or what is commonly called Hinduism, I discovered the basic truths of all religions in a way that the oneness of God and religion is comprehensively understood.
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It would be curious to discover who it is to whom one writes in a diary. Possibly to some mysterious personification of one's own identity.
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I wrote my master's thesis on cartoons!
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I kinda went through a semi-depression. Honestly. Like, I lost myself.
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I started writing regularly for 'The Atlantic' roughly around the time that Barack Obama got inaugurated.
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It is our duty, to ourselves and to our children, to see the new world as it is now.
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It is really hard to do comedy; it takes a lot of energy and focus. It's rather like music: It's a lot of hitting notes precisely.
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It's awesome when people respond to your movie and love it.
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Doing good isn't that hard. It's just doing a lot of good that is very hard. If your aims are modest, you can accomplish an awful lot. When your aims become elevated beyond a reasonable level, you not only don't accomplish much, you can cause a great deal of damage.
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Some people, if they didn't make it hard for themselves, might fall asleep.
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I've done every job in the world, and movies, the only thing close to a movie that I've ever done is it's kind of like being in a band.
Dito Montiel
