James Mangold Quotes
Movies aren't just supposed to be a representation of reality. They're supposed to be an art.
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I'm an actor who wants to do great parts, and I've been very fortunate, for a long time, to get meaty roles, and sometimes some of them are meatier than others.
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There was a special challenge in describing the awful childhood of a person who happens to be my own husband. It was very painful at times, for both of us.
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It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.
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The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.
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I just don't tend to cook eggplant at home.
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You can blow on the dice all you want, but whether they come up 'seven' is still a function of random luck.
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There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to perform.
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Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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Superman's always chasing after someone who just mugged somebody, and I've never seen that happen in my life.
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There are regulators at the SEC and elsewhere who are really excited about the potential of the blockchain. They understand you can build a robust financial system - it would solve all your black swan problems. All kinds of mischief and games that are played in the current system become impossible in this system.
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I have cut four albums so far, and all of them have been trendsetters and commercially successful. I believe that once you start taking art in commercial terms, it ceases to be art.
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When I first got to L.A., I thought every person in a limo was a star.
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Whenever I hear that I'm on the brink of stardom, I feel like I want to run into a cave.
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Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
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I entered the acting world at a time when there was a higher demand for Middle Eastern actors in the post-9/11 world, and yeah, the roles weren't great.
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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Chekhov is this poet of melancholy and isolation and of wishing you were somewhere else than where you are.
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Virtual reality is inevitably going to become mainstream - it's only a question of how good it needs to be before the mainstream is willing to use it.
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Part of your work feels as clear, it gives you a sense of liberation or beauty and you recognize it as necessary pavements. You are thus in a sense ready. In the other part of your work this is not the case. Therein is the hidden development, which is the true essence of art... the higher purpose, the pursuit forward that art automatically calls. The unclear part of your work needs to progress stopping is no option, is no life, no art and it is clear when by working with head and heart, the real step forward has been achieved.
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I try to recognize that there is no such thing as having it all - and it's impossible to be perfect. You just have to let certain things go.
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We've always prided ourselves on making a record that we want to feel proud of, ones that are hopefully timeless so they can be around for a long time.
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No matter what happens in a child's home, no matter what other social and economic factors may impede a child, there's no question in my mind that a first-rate school can transform almost everything.
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Movies aren't just supposed to be a representation of reality. They're supposed to be an art.
