Douglas Trumbull Quotes
'2001' used a lot of what's called 'front projection.' You project an image onto this giant reflective screen, and the image bounces back and comes back to the lens and seems to be in the background behind the actors. The whole 'dawn of man' sequence in '2001' was projected eight-by-ten photographs of the African savannah.
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Coming to another hockey Mecca like Toronto makes you a better coach. I want to have fun again. I want to make it fun for everybody, and it's fun when you win.
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You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.
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I'd never been published when I was young.
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An early-rising man is a good spouse but a bad husband.
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If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.
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I just like putting outfits together without much thought and seeing what the outcome is.
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Unlike Milan, Italy's banking capital, or Rome, its religious center, Florence was the place where the rich went to buy goods that would showcase how wealthy they were.
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Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.
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If you have less weight, you have less strength.
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I know who in the family is a great cook. I know where the great recipes are.
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The X Games have done night and day for snowboarding and action sports.
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Having that college experience and a social life that didn't revolve around Hollywood was absolutely crucial.
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I'm a lapsed Buddhist like I'm a lapsed Catholic. I take it to a point.
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Only the really young are fearless, have the optimism, the romanticism to take unimaginable risks.
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I write in a pretty straightforward way. I kind of sit down at page one and start writing.
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Debased men, but they all had something in common: They showed a keen regard for virtue, and tried to dress themselves in that costume. Hypocrisy, for all its bad reputation, at least showed a decent respect for goodness.
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If no one is corrupt, no one will be poor.
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A disciple said to him, 'I am ready, in the quest for God, to give up anything: wealth, friends, family, country, life itself. What else can a person give up?' The Master calmly replied, 'One's beliefs about God.'
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One of my goals is to play a villain in a Bond film. People ask me if I want to be a Bond girl, and I say, 'No, I want to be the villain.' I'm waiting for that call!
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I have no detectable hair style.
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She found more gratification in teaching one willing student than a dozen resentful ones.
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I wanted to be a hockey player. Where I grew up, the basketball courts were rarely used. I was terrible in school and actually said, 'I'm going to be a hockey player.'
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'2001' used a lot of what's called 'front projection.' You project an image onto this giant reflective screen, and the image bounces back and comes back to the lens and seems to be in the background behind the actors. The whole 'dawn of man' sequence in '2001' was projected eight-by-ten photographs of the African savannah.
