Mason Cooley Quotes
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I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.
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The working environment in L.A. is really refreshing, really good. Because in Malaysia, it's a small country - you end up working with the same people that you like and that you know.
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I'm interested in visual vocabulary, like Warhol was interested in that vocabulary of advertisements and television and pop culture.
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My plan was to stay in Canada to make films.
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When Hillary was First Lady, we went to the Beijing Women's Conference. She courageously stood up and spoke out on behalf of human rights and women's rights, inspiring millions to fight for a better future.
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I didn't grow up in a wealthy family at all. Being at home all day and watching movies, that was a luxury.
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Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude.
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I couldn't really take a girl from Berlin to live in Leeds. I love it here. I miss the Yorkshire sense of humor and things like bitter and Yorkshire puddings, but I can still get my hands on salt 'n' vinegar crisps.
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And all for love, and nothing for reward.
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I have had to learn about saying no.
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When I first watched 'Coraline,' I thought, 'If that ever got adapted...' If it was done by real actors, I think that would be a really fun thing to do, just because it's a kind of whole new universe.
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I've always wanted to play 'Lady Macbeth' and Strindberg's 'Miss Julie'.
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Technology has not only changed the way people are able to view movies, it has changed the way our industry produces and advertises movies.
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Nothing is more certain than death and nothing uncertain but its hour.
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But in cherishing all that is best in the land of your origin, and in desiring the highest welfare of the people of the old home, the question arises as to how that result can best be secured. I know that there is no better American spirit than that which is exhibited by many of those who have recently come to our shores.
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If you want to see great mixed martial arts, tune in when I fight. If you want to see drama and all of that stuff, you guys can go watch 'Bachelors in Paradise.' They'll give you enough drama you can want to watch.
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I think Kellie Martin, Reese Witherspoon and Claire Danes represent the future for women in film, and I would be honored to share the stage with any one of them.
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What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.
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I'm glad to have grown up in the countryside and played, and had to use my imagination rather than a TV and had to learn to act the hard way, to have dealt with the rejection. It's a life as well as a job, at the end the day, we all have to work for a living, but we have to have a life as well.
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You are remembered for the rules you break.
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'You know how to deal with senior officers?' 'Respectfully.' 'Confuse them. Except for the ones who can't be confused, like Wellington.'
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Religious symbols should be visible in public space, in a dignified and non-provocative manner. Christmas trees here, Jewish menorahs there and, further along, a minaret - these symbols represent human life in all its diversity.
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Frustrated love has been the incentive for many great works.
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Rage is exciting, but leaves me confused and exhausted.
