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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The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?
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Since I became Secretary-General, five years ago, I have seen youth participate at the United Nations as never before.
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Everyone knows that there are more people watching any given show than is being registered by the Nielsen system.
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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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Every single line on the Oscar show is negotiated. Unless you've been there, you have no idea how it is put together. It's like nothing else on earth. I'm writing a book about it, but I have to throw in my sexual escapades to make sure it sells.
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The race of life is a marathon, not a sprint.
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The white light of truth, in traversing the many sided transparent soul of the poet, is refracted into iris-hued poetry.
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My parents didn't know what to do with me. They got me into Little League Baseball, I played out in right field, cause I stunk.
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The difficulty with telling stories about real people is you have to find a way of mixing yourself into the matter.
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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.
