Brian J. Smith Quotes
As storytellers, we tend to want to force-feed everything and have everybody understand everything right away, and we freak out if they don't.
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Films are not the sole area in my life. Films are a passion. But it's not like I'll die if I don't get another movie. I'll grow, I'll flourish, I'll learn something new, but I'll always do something that I like. If I get the right film, I'll do it. I will not compromise for anything else.
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All writers want to know that someone is reading their work, taking them seriously. It provides a kind of moral support.
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I'm not very good in crowds, so I usually try to become as small as possible.
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People will put restrictions on your ability, on your aptitude, on your talent, on your character, and to be honest, it's just opinion. Don't let anyone put you in a box or draw your path for you.
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R. Kelly is a thing on TV, but nobody knows Robert and what he's been through.
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I tried to use words that were dealing with the emotional quality that any human being could recognize in the way that they felt about their country. It's to do with the world we live in. That world is a brutal one and full of war. It's also full of many wonderful things and love and hope.
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I was one of those girls in class who always had her hair in plaits, was always with the boys, always playing football in the street.
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I didn't want people to think I'm just in the movies, where you make money and wait around for 13 hours before you get to do 20 minutes of work.
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My best hair care tip would be, choose a range that is right for your hair structure. Working with Pantene has made me realize the importance of this, and it really does make a difference. I have quite thick hair, so I use the Smooth & Sleek range.
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I used to go in for Disney auditions, and they'd tell me, 'You're cute and nice but just not funny.'
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You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
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I have always been a pretty big fan of ghost stories.
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Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law.
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It's almost always possible to be honest and positive.
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I got my story, my dream, from America. The hero I had is Forrest Gump... I like that guy. I've been watching that movie about 10 times. Every time I get frustrated, I watch the movie. I watched the movie before I came here again to New York. I watched the movie again telling me that no matter whatever changed, you are you.
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I can say without hesitation that there is certainly no greater show to be a contestant on than 'Price' - the prizes can be huge, and the whole world loves and watches the show. It's an American institution!
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I've been fortunate. I've worked in a lot of things where I had those kinds of experiences with actors who were perceived as very macho guys, everybody from Lee Marvin to Charlie Bronson to Harrison Ford to Robert Shaw.
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Auch das gesteigertste psychologische Verstehen ist kein liebendes Verstehen.
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We have the best government that money can buy.
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I don't generate a storyline and then fill it out in the course of writing. The story actually generates in the course of the writing. It's one of the reasons I've never been comfortable doing screenplays, because in order to get the contract for the screenplay, you have to sit down and tell them what's going to happen.
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There was a disturbance in my heart, a voice that spoke there and said, I want, I want, I want! It happened every afternoon, and when I tried to suppress it it got even stronger.
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As storytellers, we tend to want to force-feed everything and have everybody understand everything right away, and we freak out if they don't.
