Brian Dennehy Quotes
The theater business has allowed me, in a way the movie and TV business has not, to do very, very interesting work. So that's what I do.
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At the beginning of all experimental work stands the choice of the appropriate technique of investigation.
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I think of other artists as generous when I get inspired by their work. That's why I like curating. You don't want to take someone else's art and have your way with it. You've got to be respectful of them.
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I have never been given to envy - save for the envy I feel toward those people who have the ability to make a marriage work and endure happily.
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If you learn the craft, you can make a movie and get by with tricks.
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One of my personal plights in this business is about playing 'The Sassy Black Girl.'
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I love working with the Farrelly brothers. I'm a big fan and feel very lucky to have gotten to work with them a few times. One thing that I learned while working with them is that you have to keep your cell phone off when filming scenes, or you owe them a lot of money!
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The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.
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A mate of mine told me recently, 'It's the first time I've seen you work, Worthington.' I thought that was quite funny, but he was right.
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I think, initially, working on your own is really great because it allows you to just be really free and not worry about how things are perceived or if people are going to think you're an idiot. And once that becomes ingrained, at least for me, I think I'll feel really comfortable to work with other people and still feel that same freedom.
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Mrs. Obama is not a great beauty. But she is so interesting-looking - so bright. That will always take you farther.
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Our dream as actors is to tell interesting stories about interesting people.
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America's growth historically has been fueled mostly by investment, education, productivity, innovation and immigration. The one thing that doesn't seem to have anything to do with America's growth rate is a brutal work schedule.
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I want to work with different people, and I would like to work in different places.
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Quality is everyone's responsibility.
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For a movie, you have to make sure the lyrics are consistent with the rhythm that is given to you. But, at times, during the song's recording, you find out that your words are not appropriate for the track, and so you have to change them.
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I was very insecure approaching the idea of directing a feature film. I told myself I would not move until I felt I was moving in power rather than moving in desperation to make a movie.
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I was taught to value hard work. At the end of day, I'm just Olivia.
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You only can rest when have the truth, even when it's horrible.
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Japanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes.
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I didn't understand the culture and what Starbucks was really about. It wasn't a coffee shop. It was really a way of life... we suffer from thinking that since we have it in New York, or it won't work in New York, that it won't work some other place. That's a discipline we keep trying to improve.
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Because of you, I'm running out of reasons to cry.
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Furthermore, they were constantly informed by all the camp authorities that they had been abandoned by the world: they were beggars and lucky to receive the daily soup of starvation.
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Ambition is vital, but dangerous: it is a keen motive and a driving force, but over what edge can it drive the artist?
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The theater business has allowed me, in a way the movie and TV business has not, to do very, very interesting work. So that's what I do.
