Brian Grazer Quotes
In Hollywood, people tend to have the same sensibilities, the same taste and values, and I didn't want to spend my life that way. I wanted to have a bigger, more interesting life.
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I live in Derry, a little town in Ireland, and I don't have the background of Hollywood or Broadway.
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I like to see a good scientific bout by men who know the use of their hands but would rather walk twenty miles than see animals in strife.
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Snoop Dog is the Phil Jackson of youth football coaches. He ain't going to accept nothing but a winner.
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I've raised Michael. I changed his diapers when he was little.
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I'm not the type of person that is forced.
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I had one girl tell me last night that I'm the greatest thing ever, that she wants to aspire to be me. Just stuff like, 'You're my idol. I love you.' It's awesome. It's what it's all about.
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If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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I went to church when I was younger, but it was never something pushed down my throat or anything, which is a good thing. I found out for myself where I belonged.
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It only looks like I get to eat a lot of food on TV. I really just get the one bite and the crew and guests eat everything else.
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I originally got into this because of a five-year-old's begrudgery of his teacher. Mrs. Lawlor cast me as a tree, and I was disgusted. I was sure I had more to offer than that. It was like, 'OK, if you want me to be set dressing, fine, I'll take it on the chin but I'll show you - I'm going to be a big actor some day.'
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If I see a now-28-year-old woman coming up to me, she's probably thinking of 'Juno' because she watched it with her parents when she was 18 years old.
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Someone tried to save my soul in a gas station.
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Going vegetarian - and then vegan - has calmed me down, and it has also made me physically and emotionally strong. I do crave meat once in a while, but I find that spiritually, non-vegetarian food works against my emotional health.
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Plums are a good substitute for gooseberries.
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I think often the West does not understand the history and the privilege of wearing a hijab. They always think of oppression.
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When you start to see another human being as less than you, it's a danger.
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When the tech geeks talk, I pay close attention.
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The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful, and then only for a short while.
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Electric eels I might add do it, Though it shocks 'em I know...
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I'm free - but I'm also not free because there are millions of young people living in Iran. A filmmaker can only do a little.
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I'm interested in people who are very close to the people who commit crimes.
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In Hollywood, people tend to have the same sensibilities, the same taste and values, and I didn't want to spend my life that way. I wanted to have a bigger, more interesting life.
