Hampton Sides Quotes
I've sort of been an anthropologist of modern America, in a non-academic way. Whether it's Marines or Tupperware salesladies, high end audiophiles or bike couriers, I'm fascinated by the hallmarks of the American tribe.
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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
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I've stopped reading about the death of books because it's wasteful and morbid and insulting to the authors, agents, publishers, booksellers, critics, and readers that keep the world community of fiction interesting.
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Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.
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There's nowhere like Detroit; it's a modern necropolis: all these art deco masterpieces crumbling away.
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More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.
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If people get to the end of the record, then that is a treat.
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I struggled with being a broke college graduate, and while all my friends were getting career jobs, I was working horrible part-time jobs. That's why now, even when I get tired, I think, 'This is what I asked for.'
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I feel most akin as an artist, in my life and my career, to Agatha Christie.
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The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
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I am an untrained musician and a common man's singer.
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I can remember only a few of the strange and curious words now dead but living and spoken by the English people a thousand years ago.
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The best time to release a film is on a festive date like Divali or Eid, or at a time when there are no big films three to four weeks before or after.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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We have two trainers at the polo ground and do a mix of aerobics, gymnastics and stretches before we start riding. As polo players, it's very important for us to keep in shape. We do a bit of yoga and Pilates sometimes, too.
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We should allow people to purchase health insurance across state lines. That will create a true 50-state national marketplace which will drive down the cost of low-cost, catastrophic health insurance.
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People still think of me as a cartoonist, but the only thing I lift a pen or pencil for these days is to sign a contract, a check, or an autograph.
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To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.
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You have to fight for your health and stay on top of it. Our bodies are meant to be healthy.
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There's nothing new about European anti-Americanism. To go to a dinner party of intellectuals in Paris in 1960 was like walking into a tiger's den with a piece of raw meat in your hands.
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Now my way of doing it is I always get disappointed, but there's always a level of high quality.
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Something is very wrong when our federal and state governments have a high tolerance for the unrestricted distribution of weapons of mass destruction, and it would be wrong to let this deadly form of neglect continue to facilitate bloodshed across America.
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I had a bike the first time I moved to L.A. I had a Honda and I got around on that. But I'd never ridden Harleys.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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I've sort of been an anthropologist of modern America, in a non-academic way. Whether it's Marines or Tupperware salesladies, high end audiophiles or bike couriers, I'm fascinated by the hallmarks of the American tribe.
