Douglas Trumbull Quotes
Every movie presents unusual challenges, and I like solving the problems with a combination of artwork and engineering.
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Death is not extinction. Neither the soul nor the body is extinguished or put out of existence.
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My attitude to writing is like when you do wallpapering, you remember where all the little bits are that don't meet. And then your friends say: It's terrific!
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The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing.
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As the ratings go up, so does advertising revenue.
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I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year.
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Afghanistan has moved forward and Afghanistan will defend itself. And the progress that we have achieved, the Afghan people will not allow it to be put back or reversed.
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Happiness is only attained by the free will agreeing in its freedom to accord with the will of God.
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I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people.
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TV feels quite constipated, and the thing I find particularly difficult is the branding of the channels where it's not 'Is it a good script?' but 'Is it a BBC2 script?'
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The pace of Swedish crime fiction is slower - Stieg Larsson's the exception. And I think we use the environment more.
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My dad was always such a frustrated artist. He always worked very hard to support his family, doing a bunch of ridiculous jobs. He wanted to be a painter, but then he also wrote science-fiction novels in his spare time.
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Police can only act on intelligence.
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My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared.
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I always hated to throw a guy out of a game but sometimes it was necessary to keep order.
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The media is controlled.
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I remember watching Gilda Radner when I was a kid and everyone thought she was so funny and no one ever said that she was a funny woman, she was just funny.
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You are a dear soul who plays polo, and I am a poor Pole who plays solo.
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I am a bit of a Pollyanna - I spend most of my day happy.
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I try to have a lot of influences, which is to say not to have one specific influence too strongly; that can end up badly.
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Truth of the matter is, jazz is American music. And that doesn't mean bebop. Jazz is really about improvising. All the music that's been created in America has been pretty much improvised... Whether it's hillbilly or rock n' roll for blues, it's basically jazz music... It's basically about another way of hearing what comes out of America.
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If a film is a huge hit, you do think properly before choosing your next projects.
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When I was young, I wanted to be the face of a makeup campaign or a hair campaign, so that's something that I've always dreamed of that hopefully comes along. And then obviously starring with Ryan Gosling in a movie wouldn't be so bad, either.
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I've personally been involved in movies where people on set were talking about awards for the movie, and I bought into the hype. And then the movie would come out, and not only was it not good, it was horrible.
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Every movie presents unusual challenges, and I like solving the problems with a combination of artwork and engineering.
