Philippe Falardeau Quotes
I studied political science and international relations, so I never considered myself an artist.
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People should think things out fresh and not just accept conventional terms and the conventional way of doing things.
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I like doing a challenging class because it makes me more brave in life. My perception of hardships is now completely different. I'm not whining and moaning inside as much.
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Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble making individual.
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What I say or do here won't matter much, nor should it.
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People go to extraordinary lengths to get films made.
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The taps with the bat on the spikes are one for my grandmother, one for my grandfather, one for my little sister. Then the one on the helmet is showing faith in God that I can do it.
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New York City is my favorite city in the world.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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I know I'm profane. And outspoken.
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If you get to my age in life and nobody thinks well of you, I don't care how big your bank account is, your life is a disaster.
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I personally don't even try to compare New York and L.A. To me, they are just way too different.
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I'm not sure that when I read 'Treasure Island' for the first time, when I was about 10, I understood all the words or what was going on. But that didn't stop me reading it, and I certainly didn't forget it.
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Cinema sustains life. It captures death in its progress.
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I'm very conscious of other people's opinions and of people not liking me.
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This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.
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I was playing the villain 'Falseface' on Batman, and I got wind that they were going to pay a young starlet $25,000 to be in the same episode. Well, I wasn't getting anywhere near that amount of money, so I refused to let them put my name in the credits.
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It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.
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You just put yourself into your work, and you can do anything you want, depending on how hard you want to work for it.
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Only reason can convince us of those three fundamental truths without a recognition of which there can be no effective liberty: that what we believe is not necessarily true; that what we like is not necessarily good; and that all questions are open.
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For 35 years, I've said, 'I'll never go solo.' But after a period of time - and this isn't just for an artist, but for anybody - all the things you never wanted to do eventually become the only things left that you haven't done. So they start looking pretty interesting.
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In Ireland, novels and plays still have a strange force. The writing of fiction and the creation of theatrical images can affect life there more powerfully and stealthily than speeches, or even legislation. Imagined worlds can lodge deeply in the private sphere, dislodging much else, especially when the public sphere is fragile.
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I only collaborate with the people I rock with in life, period. I rock with people where I really respect their craft and respect what they're doing. That's what collaboration should start from.
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Who knows but we may count among our intellectual chickens
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I studied political science and international relations, so I never considered myself an artist.
