Jasmila Zbanic Quotes
In my country, though it is very patriarchal and male-dominated, the public enjoys women-directed movies.
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People think I am America's party girl, which is just stupid. I have done 24 movies and I am creating my own TV show.
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I don't much care whether rural Anatolians or Istanbul secularists take power. I'm not close to any of them. What I care about is respect for the individual.
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I'm really enjoying living in Los Angeles. It's a great city to live in. I'm living a very suburban domesticated lifestyle out there - a two bedroomed little bungalow with two cars, and we're just driving around, going to meetings here and there - it's lovely!
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I like playing sort-of-crazy people. There's something really, really fun about that.
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No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite.
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You want your coach's blessing.
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Art lies by its own artifice.
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I don't really feel McCain. It ain't just because Barack is black; he can make change. Just like Bush equals recession, Barack equals progression.
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I think every teenager feels like a Martian in something, whether it's in their family, I think, or in their school. I think every teenager, every human being has a sense that they don't belong somewhere.
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I didn't get into rap to be no lyrical genius. I got into rap to feed my family and help the people in need around me, that's it. A lot of people say, 'Man, Waka Flocka ain't go no lyrics,' so I was like, 'Yeah, you right!'
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When we cover a Chainsmokers song in our live show with ZBB, people are dancing and going crazy.
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Healing yourself is connected with healing others.
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Doing nothing while the middle class is hurting. That's not leadership. Loose regulations and lax enforcement. That's not leadership. That's abandoning our middle class.
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I have to do something with my mind, or I'll get in trouble.
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At some point, you've got to realize, you're either a leading man or you're not.
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My husband cooks fancier food for himself than I've ever cooked on-air. I call him from the road, and he's making champagne-vanilla salmon or black-cherry pork chop. Half of me is feeling unworthy. Not only am I not a chef, I'm not a better cook than my own husband!
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If I had different parents who were in it for the money, I might have a different perspective. But they really are artists; they intelligently approach each character and prepare in every sense of the word. I grew up in a world that had great discipline.
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Art leads to a more profound concept of life, because art itself is a profound expression of feeling. The artist is born, and art is the expression of his overflowing soul. Because his soul is rich, he cares comparatively little about the superficial necessities of the material world; he sublimates the pressure of material affairs in an artistic experience.
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I learned French in Tunis, along with Arabic. I also learned French history. I knew the entire history of the kings of France. And I was fascinated by Versailles.
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Joe Roth, who ended up becoming president of 20th Century Fox, he was the producer of Our Winning Season. This was one of his first movies. It's just a really great, great little film, a lot of good people in it. I don't know whatever happened to that movie, and why it didn't get the success it deserves.
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I've lived my life in a way that I feel would be an example to young women and I've always given my best in everything I've tried.
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I am prepared to believe that a dry martini slightly impairs the palate, but think what it does for the soul.
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In my country, though it is very patriarchal and male-dominated, the public enjoys women-directed movies.
