Philip Kaufman Quotes
This one, even though it called for San Francisco, I think they wanted to initially shoot part of the film up here, you know get the exteriors and then go back to L.A. We really fought to get it up here and I think Paramount was really pleased.
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Like working families all across the state, we must find a way to make government live within its means.
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By the time I got to Northwestern University in 1930, I was a football bum more interested in being an All-Star player and signing on with a pro team than going after a newspaper job.
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I never pursued being 'famous.'
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After spending three years of my life looking into this, I am more convinced than ever that the U.S. government's responsibility for the drug problems in South Central Los Angeles and other inner cities is greater than I ever wrote in the newspaper.
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The business part of it can be very vexing. You always have to keep certain metrics and everything. Because all I can do is make a good show.
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Young people do not watch television; they are on the Internet.
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India happens to be a rich country inhabited by very poor people.
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I like having a smaller family. I think the more people you have in the family, the more people there are to have problems with.
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If you write a novel alone you sit and you weave a little narrative. And it's O.K., but it's of no account.
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ISIS is at war with America, but America is not at war with ISIS - not the president, nor the Congress, and certainly not the American people.
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On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and unclouded pleasure are contained within the knowledge and love of God.
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I enjoy hiking and skiing, like most Norwegians. In winter, there will be snow for months on end. In the summer, there are the long evenings to enjoy.
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I was so ashamed of who I was.
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The conception that, instead of this, contemporary society is at or near a turning point is very prominent in the views of a school of social scientists who, though they are still comparatively few, are getting more and more of a hearing.
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No one wants to work with a difficult star. I want to be the nice guy.
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I still do the same things, but it's nice. If people recognize you, generally everyone's very respectful, very lovely, but I wonder what it's like for real celebrities.
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When Prussia hurried to the field,And snatch'd the spear, but left the shield.
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I didn't really watch 'Dallas' growing up, as I was a bit young and into other things, like sports.
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There is no suspense in inevitability.
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One of the things I had a hard time getting used to when I came to California in '78 was Santa Claus in shorts.
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Love, consciousness, and creativity are the highest refinements of the cosmic evolutionary force.
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This one, even though it called for San Francisco, I think they wanted to initially shoot part of the film up here, you know get the exteriors and then go back to L.A. We really fought to get it up here and I think Paramount was really pleased.
