Doug Liman Quotes
I always wanted to make big action movies as a kid, and that was my dream. In a way, 'Swingers' was the thing I suffered through the most doing because of all that dialog, so I could eventually be allowed to do a big dumb action movie, honestly.
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Baseball can be slow in many ways. The action starts with when the pitcher delivers the ball. But the action really starts when the crack of the bat happens.
Cal Ripken, Jr.
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I made my first movie when I was five.
Abigail Breslin
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From when I was young, I wanted to be an action hero. I always dreamed about being an action star. So finally, I made it.
Rain
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You can get money and make a really cheap movie. You can, from independent financers who are just giving you money to support artists. This is what was happening in the '90s, and I was very fortunate to be a part of that.
Parker Posey
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I'd like to do something where there's a strong female character and some action. I've done a few stunts in the past.
Vicky McClure
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The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.
Fabrizio Moreira
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I want to be back on Broadway one day. That's a dream of mine. There's nothing like live theater, and I think it's so important for me to be able to be on stage with an audience that responds.
Naturi Naughton 3LW
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Writers are not meant for action.
Manuel Puig
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I tried to get a baseball movie made a couple of years ago and I don't think it didn't happen because I was a woman, but because sports movie don't sell internationally.
Callie Khouri
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I don't put a ton of time into my on-stage style, largely because I'm dumb about clothes. But I have friends who are very smart about clothes, and they teach me things. For the show, I'm mainly concerned with feeling comfortable, being able to jump around and get wild.
K. Flay
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As a storyteller, when you're writing a movie and when you're directing, you want to keep people entertained. That's the whole point, right? It has to be entertaining.
Fede Alvarez
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I fell in love with the whole process of making a movie. I loved the sets. I loved watching the actors and the crew.
Maika Monroe
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I had always wanted to be on SNL, it's not always great, but it's this leftover childhood dream.
Rachel Dratch
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Every Yom Kippur, Jewish tradition requires a strict spiritual inventory. You aren't supposed to just sit around feeling guilty, but to take action in the real world to set things right.
Naomi Wolf
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Lionel Essrog, the twitching, barking, gabbling narrator of Jonathan Lethem's new novel, 'Motherless Brooklyn,' is no movie-of-the-week novelty grafted onto a noir mystery. Maybe his Tourette's is a gimmick, but it's a gimmick with depth, with soul.
Gary Krist
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I was really into dancing, taking six classes a week, and my real dream was to be in a Broadway show.
Natalie Portman
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The only way to see a movie is in a big theater, on a big screen, with a big bag of popcorn.
Dan Glickman
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'Sucker Punch' is a big girl power movie.
Carla Gugino
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Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat.
John Morley
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When you're through changing, you're through.
Bruce Barton
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Where I feel the most productive and engaged is when I'm buried in code, buried in some project, tweaking some designs. I'm certainly introverted.
David Karp
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People are always backing up when I'm just going to shake their hands.
James Caan
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Sometimes eight chains go together really well, depending on the length - how short they are, how small they are.
Big Sean
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I always wanted to make big action movies as a kid, and that was my dream. In a way, 'Swingers' was the thing I suffered through the most doing because of all that dialog, so I could eventually be allowed to do a big dumb action movie, honestly.
Doug Liman