James Franco Quotes
Of course there are some actors that are better than others and performances that are better than others, but they're always embedded in the greater film. They are mediated through the work of so many other people: the director directs, the lighter sets the scene, the editors edit, the music gets put to it.
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Gym Class is a band I am more directly involved with than any other band except for Fall Out Boy.
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I come from an immigrant family, but I know no other nationality apart from British.
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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I have a trophy case that contains all the action figures ever made of me. It also has items I've stolen from my movies, like three guns and holsters from 'Serenity'.
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You just have to enjoy what you're doing. You just never know how people are going to receive it.
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I've personally never had the chance to go to Lambeau Field.
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Hollywood's all about, 'Let's make this easy: This is what you do, so you go over here in this group, and we're not gonna call you.'
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I'm free - but I'm also not free because there are millions of young people living in Iran. A filmmaker can only do a little.
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I went down to Venezuela and ended up renting a helicopter and flew with my sons to the tops of the tepuis, these freestanding jungle mesas, 'lost worlds' as it were. In fact, it's almost impossible to access them without one. So we were able to land and spend some time there. We were trapped for about six hours by clouds that came in.
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I really am profoundly grateful just in general in my life. I've had an embarrassing amount of good fortune.
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The challenge of a cathedral is very good for architectural inventiveness.
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To go behind a man's hall-door is mean, cowardly, unfair opposition.
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When I'm doing my own makeup, I just stick to a bit of black liner, some blush and a nude glossy lip.
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We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race.
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I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books.
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Fans will express themselves. We will always have the best security possible, as we always do. And I hope that Cleveland and the fans, you would hope that everybody keeps it to a certain level, because anything you do that crosses the line isn't going to look bad for anybody but the franchise and Cleveland.
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I don't want to be a poster child for cancer.
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It's important to have the right agent - people that are working hard for you. But an actor needs to be in control of their career no matter how good the representation is.
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The practice of altruism is the authentic way to live as a human being, and it is not just for religious people. As human beings, our purpose is to live meaningful lives, to develop a warm heart. There is meaning in being everyone's friend. The real source of peace amongst our families, friends and neighbours is love and compassion.
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I get the music, I get the beats. And I go to the studios and write the lyrics.
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The education business is a little murky because by 1900, it has been pretty well decided that a certain amount of education was required to make the system of repression work. You had to have people who showed up punctually. You had to have people who took their orders obediently and understand them fully.
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Of course there are some actors that are better than others and performances that are better than others, but they're always embedded in the greater film. They are mediated through the work of so many other people: the director directs, the lighter sets the scene, the editors edit, the music gets put to it.
