Jason Blum Quotes
If you are still thinking about a script after five or ten years, that's a sign that it's good - not that it's stale. And the opposite is true - if everyone wants to make your movie, that's a sign that it probably sucks.
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It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
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If I hadn't spent many years trying to be as compassionate as Mother Teresa, as positive a thinker as W. Clement Stone, as prolific a writer as Stephen King, and as good a speaker as many of the legends I have studied, I would not be as successful as I am today.
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My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.
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Self-worth comes from one thing - thinking that you are worthy.
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Rapunzel is a bit more relatable than the other princesses, especially because she doesn't even know that she's a princess until the very end of the movie. I like to think of her as the bohemian Disney princess. She's barefoot and living in a tower. She paints and reads... She's a Renaissance woman.
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I've received many good pieces of advice throughout my life.
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I've never really lived a conventional life, so I think it's quite foolish for me or anyone else to start thinking that I am going to start making conventional choices.
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If a remake is not good, no one wants to see it and, again, it doesn't hurt the original.
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It would be great to make a movie that had the style of a great '30's film.
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I'm not really into method acting - the way I was taught was the good old-fashioned British way of just doing your research and getting on with it.
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The hype man's job is to get everybody out of their seats and on the dance floor to have a good time.
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Sometimes, fear is good. Sometimes it's a good thing to have a little bit of a reality check.
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I firmly disbelieve that one has to be a tortured soul to write good music.
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I would really love to work with Clint Eastwood.
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Good-quality nuts, toasted in a little butter and salt, make a magical addition to many salads.
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I can discern that certain things have an effect on certain other things, but I don't view those effects as good or bad. If a context and a goal is defined, I could say if it's good or bad. But overall, I don't view things as good or bad.
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I love to draw and paint. I'm very active in that way, but I'm not very good with the written word, though.
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Thanking you once more, I want to wish you the best of luck for your future life and to conclude by saying to you: Dream your dreams and may they come true!
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None of the European girls, including Anita Ekberg, has anything not found on American girls as well.
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That guy in 'The Simpsons' - I love Groundskeeper Willie.
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Schultz is not a Nazi. I see Schultz as the representative of some kind of goodness in any generation.
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I'd rather work with a grassroots organization than in politics. I'm not sure I'd be the best politician because I don't think I'm good about tactfully tiptoeing around questions in the right way.
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I'm a goal setter, but in broad strokes. I don't have a by-October-2009-I-want-to-be-here plan. All I do is work with an element of challenge and an element of enjoyment. With that, anything can happen.
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If you are still thinking about a script after five or ten years, that's a sign that it's good - not that it's stale. And the opposite is true - if everyone wants to make your movie, that's a sign that it probably sucks.
