Pedro Almodovar Quotes
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The author may not interpret. But he must tell why and how he wrote his book.
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If they understand, which I believe they really are sensing, that the alternative the Republicans have been offering is to repeal what we've done, to go back to Bush policies - and if you asked the public what would you prefer, Bush economic policies or Obama economic policies, they take and prefer Obama economic policies.
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Most of the producers don't know what they do. The misconception of the producers' function is really not a misconception. Most producers don't do a very good job.
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Every good movie I watch, the hero becomes my favourite. I start blushing every time a hero romances a heroine.
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I just want to do my job.
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I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
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I'm a very interior person. I love silence. I revel in it. I'm happy that way.
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If you needed to borrow a cup of sugar, you knocked on your neighbour's door.
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I don't feel under pressure to work because I love what I do and I wanted to do the projects that came my way.
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Prop 8 did something that no other state in the history of this country has done. It took away the rights of people that already were legally affirmed. Imagine someone putting something on the ballot saying your wedding, your marriage is no longer valid.
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It makes you vulnerable to win an award. It's nice to get the attention, but your neck is stuck out.
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Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.
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Nothing can make you more humble than pain.
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We like our archetypes and heroes to be what they are at face value. And life doesn't work out like that.
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We don't grow older, we grow riper.
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I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.
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I had a wonderful mother who wanted my sister and me to have everything, even though money was a very prominent thing we didn't have. But we had a very happy childhood - pretty much ideal, in fact.
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I have always believed that life is too short for rows and disagreements. Even if I think I'm right, I would prefer to apologize and remain friends rather than win and be an enemy.
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My personal style changes wherever I am. When I'm in Ibiza, I'm a bit girlier because there's an opportunity to be more romantic and dress up for the beach scene. Whereas in New York, I tend to go for suiting and tailoring that almost feels like weaponry for the city - but I think I'm quite playful no matter what.
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There are a million tiny weird towns. You never know what you're going to get into if you drive an hour into the wild.
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I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.
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I had left school at 16, gone to stage school - and, until I was 22, I hadn't really played anyone but myself. Then in 1979, I made a film with Mike Leigh called 'Grownups,' which went out on the BBC, and overnight this new career opened up.
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I don't dig that two-beat jive the New Orleans cats play. My boys and I have to have four heavy beats to the bar and no cheating.
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I think that there is always a part of utopia in any romantic relationship.
