Douglas Trumbull Quotes
My first job on 2001 was to make all of the HAL readouts: the 16 screens that surround HAL's eyes.
Quotes to Explore
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You're not a historian, but most historians will tell you that they make very discrete judgment as to what facts to omit in order to make their book into some shape, some length that can be managed.
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We've learned a lot about how information needs to flow effectively amongst a group of people. They need to be fed information, and it needs to be on this constant conveyor belt.
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There are a lot of factors in the life of an F1 driver which can combine to make you believe that you are somehow above normality. I think that is a mistake to start believing that. But, at the same time, it is important to be confident.
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If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.
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Newark might be one of few the places where the politics is tougher than even Brooklyn.
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I have never read 'To Kill A Mockingbird.'
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When we were shooting 'Oz,' my wife was doing 'Beauty and the Beast' on Broadway, singing and dancing. It was an interesting dichotomy in our house.
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This is my seventh decade... and every once in a while I get a hankering to re-visit these songs again... songs with which I have had a great relationship.
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You could argue that 'Sweeney Todd' was romantic, if you looked closely at it, but it didn't impart that to its audiences. But it's large, and it's melodramatic, and it's a style I like to work in periodically.
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I didn't want to just do a show where my character stood out and other characters were flat or one-to-two-dimensional. I wanted everybody to have meat.
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Every girl has days when she doesn't like her appearance, but it's when you feel happy in yourself that you look good.
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I just want to play for Hindus and Muslims that sit together. That's all I want to do.
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To these ideals which were instilled in me when I was a youth, I attribute in a large degree the success that was mine on the bicycle tracks of the world.
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I totally consider Fishbowl my full time job - I have to say I freaking love doing this blog. I just enjoy the medium so much; I love the fact that it requires me to read amazing stuff by hilarious and talented people and forces me to know what's going on in the world.
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My whole life, I've always had to be surrounded by creative things. I find it relaxing to be in touch with creations by other people.
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You have one big mythology in your favor: Everyone believes that you Europeans are impeccable. But I know you are jerks.
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The two things that can hurt you are if you need money or if you need fame. Those are the things that can be your Achilles heel. But if you don't need money and you don't need fame, then you're free.
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It's fun to grow with a character over the course of a TV series. Video games are usually a much more condensed process.
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Choir of Men: O botheration take you all! How you cajole and flatter. A hell it is to live with you; to live without, a hell: (tr. Lindsay 1925, Perseus)
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Sometimes every single element of a character is a torturous discovery.
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I'm from Sweden, so I don't enjoy winter at all; there's nothing cute about it.
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I would be happier if it were a full audience full of drag queens. It would be my dreams come true.
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My first job on 2001 was to make all of the HAL readouts: the 16 screens that surround HAL's eyes.
