D. A. Pennebaker Quotes
Albert Grossman called my office and spoke with my partner Richard Leacock and asked if we'd be interested in making a film with his client, Bob Dylan.
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I find the stuff that is exciting to me are the films coming out of Taiwan and Iran and France. So I have the feeling I'm not making the films that American distributors want to make.
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Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and so I might be regarded by some as the underdog... There is actually a statue of Big Ben and I in Perth, Ont., and I was on a Canadian stamp once, and normally you have to be dead to do either of those things, and, well, here I am, still going.
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I view my role now as providing more of a macro-level skepticism, rather than saying this poll is good or this poll is evil.
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My interest in magic was kindled by Steve Martin, the comedian I'd gone to high school with.
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The human rights record within China seems to rise and fall over time, but it's very clear that in the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics and since then, there's been a greater intolerance of dissent and the human rights record of China has been going in the wrong direction.
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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I don't believe in strong-arming people.
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I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
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We're here for a little, little bit of time, and I just wanna make the most out of it.
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And literature frequently rises to heights that make it international.
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It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have to shut it.
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All Americans are dependent for their energy on the Arabian peninsula.
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There are parts of me that I feel are beautiful, but they don't have anything to do with my nose.
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What I do miss that I don't get anymore? You're going to think I'm crazy, but you want the truth, so here it is. The lights! I miss the spotlights. I don't mean it figuratively. I mean it literally. I love the feeling of lights.
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He's really sort of the devil. He's completely emotionally detached. He has no empathy. You find that in psychopaths. It's about power with Voldemort. It's an aphrodisiac for him. Power makes him feel alive.
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I'm a cynic about corporate democracy and boards.
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There is violence in real life but I would never impose violence in a film just to attract the audience.
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Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough.
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I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to me that it was risk, not only in technology and ecology, but in life and employment, too.
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Survival must come before civilization.
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I know my fans want me on the screen. But I think hero-worship should not be allowed to corrupt the plot and narrative of a film.
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When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose.
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Albert Grossman called my office and spoke with my partner Richard Leacock and asked if we'd be interested in making a film with his client, Bob Dylan.
