James Watkins Quotes
There are a lot of horror films out there that are nasty, but what's nasty isn't necessarily scary.
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I think why I was attracted to making something with Vice is that level of intimacy that you get as the viewer, getting to see some of that production element where we don't exactly know what we're doing, where we're going, or even if it's a good idea.
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When I was in my early 20s, I studied tae kwon do and hapkido. I earned brown belts in both of them.
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I do love being on television and in peoples' homes. I'm not an actor, so there is a connection that's real.
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The combination of olive oil, garlic and lemon juice lifts the spirits in winter.
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I want to have my desperate need for personal success shrunk, not enlarged.
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When I get into the studio, I write from my heart.
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Even when a person has all of life's comforts - good food, good shelter, a companion - he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation.
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Most of the largest software companies in the world today are based on Oracle, and they were once startups.
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When we were on the farm, we were isolated, not just by geography but by the primitive living conditions: no electricity, no running water and, of course, no computer, no phone.
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I believe the United States is the greatest country on Earth. I really do.
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I really want to play a superhero. I want to take the role-model thing up a notch. I've always been a fan of movies and TV, and to be able to play the ultimate TV superhero would be awesome.
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We have shown that Islam can rule the world perfectly for 14 centuries, and during this time of Muslim power we did not borrow ideas like democracy from others, so why do we need to learn democracy from them now?
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You try to live the experience but keep your feet on the ground, not let it go to your head, because that's when you start making mistakes.
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I've done a lot of plays before where I had to do a New York accent, but never a Philly one before. They do the rhotic 'r' - where you say the 'r' - where most New Yorkers don't.
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If I were running against Chuck Schumer. I would take every one of his Sunday press releases - and there are 52 for as many years as he's been there - and I would ask, 'How many of the things he said he was proposing became law?' I doubt many.
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Negative publicity makes people forget your best times.
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My mom had me when she was 19 or 20. And my father was 22 or something. They were working on whatever they could, both of them aiming to be actors in theater.
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I have seen many ladies displaying different styles and different styles displaying ladies.
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Her mother, Laurie Simmons, is a contemporary artist, and my stepmother, Cindy Sherman, is a photographer, so they've known each other forever. Lena and I were often at the same dinner parties when we were kids.
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There is no secret. It is all about doing the same things time and time again. It is all about doing the best every day.
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P. 25-26.
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Bisexuality is the proportional representation of sexuality in a world where most of us - straight or gay - operate a first-past-the-post system.
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False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.
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There are a lot of horror films out there that are nasty, but what's nasty isn't necessarily scary.
