Brad Anderson Quotes
If you're making a film, you've got to have one eye to the audience and one eye to what excites you about it, and sometimes it's not the same thing.
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The romanticised life, where all the great poetry and music and art of the world comes from, is great but it requires a lot of self-indulgence.
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'Lovejoy' has a special place in my heart because it was through my efforts that the series first came to the screen.
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I can't imagine playing a boring gig. Like, a boring audience without reaction, I will play against them.
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One thing I noticed working in the Bronx is that leaders come in the craziest places. They don't always show up at community board meetings. Sometimes it's just the guys on the corner that the boys on the block respect.
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There are more ways of outraging speech than contradiction merely.
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There are lots of come-from-behind wins, games getting tied in the last period, teams going on to win. That, I think, tells the best story. Whether or not some teams have more grit, better chemistry, or more luck or more skill, it's still within the parameters. I think that makes for great storytelling and great interest for our fans.
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People in the film industry always want to save for a rainy day. Many early actors died in small houses with no money, and so they are insecure. My advantage is I don't value money that much. It's an easy thing for me to let go.
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If we had, we would have realised sooner that Indigenous organisations are sometimes not the appropriate channel for programmes to help the stolen generations, because many of them play little part in Indigenous associations.
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There are quantities of human beings, but there are many more faces, for each person has several.
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I think sometimes my controlling instincts came out of a fear of other people.
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I just believe what I believe.
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I feel like Josh, Michelle and Adam were all team players, who wanted to be a part of an ensemble.
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The kids are so much fun. I'm always taking a look over at what they're doing because it reminds me of when I was so small before.
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Discontent is the want of self-reliance: it is infirmity of will.
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While there are cases where even the law recognizes an abortion as justifiable if recommended by a physician, I assert that the hundreds of thousands of abortions performed in America each year are a disgrace to civilization.
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And the sad act like lepersThey stick to the shadowsThey long to ring bells of warningTo tell of their comingSo that the pure can shut their doors.
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Wisdom is the daughter of experience.
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Forget the press - just being a partner of somebody who's very, very famous, it's hard to keep your center and your personality intact.
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The victory of democracy in South Africa is the common achievement of all humanity.
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Because his task was not finished, I felt that I must re-dedicate myself to the completion of his work.
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A wise man told me don't argue with fools. Cause people from a distance can't tell who is who.
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You will find the truth the way you have found your awareness, spontaneously. It's a living process.
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If you're making a film, you've got to have one eye to the audience and one eye to what excites you about it, and sometimes it's not the same thing.
