Jason Blum Quotes
It's easy to get a theatrical release that shows in one theater for a week. But there's no advertising, and no one sees the movie. It's hard to get a real theatrical release. The distribution of independent films is, to me, extraordinarily frustrating.
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Architecture is my work, and I've spent my whole life at a drawing board, but life is more important than architecture. What matters is to improve human beings.
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I'd work with soccer coordinators at Game Changing Films and have one or two combat training sessions with my stunt double, who's a wushu master.
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.
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I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.
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The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.
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I think the interesting thing about the word 'posh' is that it is so relative; it's quite a provocative title because people have strong feelings about that word.
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There had always been black people in and out of our house, and from the outset I had been taught that for them life was defined by struggle and filled with injustice.
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In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.
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All of these mechanisms we have for celebrating are so double-edged. So much sorrow comes out of joy.
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The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.
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Events tend to recur in cycles.
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Over the years, God and St. Therese have kept me going no matter how bad things were.
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My paternal grandfather was a failed novelist. He stacked boxes of rejected manuscripts in a closet.
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Often times, we think of girls as soft and vulnerable. And we don't really think of them as possibly being the solutions to some of the world's toughest problems, but they really are.
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Most men say they can cook pasta, but I think you should find a little bit of an unusual angle on your pasta and make that your signature dish.
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You can crush any woman by suggesting that she's fat, not even saying the word 'fat' but just suggesting she's fat.
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If I had to choose, I'd choose my friends over my career.
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To all my people back in Nashville who have been there from the start, you put your faith in me. You were there for the long haul.
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I never considered acting while growing up. I just knew I didn't want to go into the saloon business: I wanted to get away from Kenosha. And once I left, never, ever did it cross my mind to go back. I went to college and thought I'd study law.
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The public has been sold a bill of goods about the free market being a panacea for mankind.
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There is something sad about malevolence, to be wicked. I have always tried to make that come across in the villains I have played.
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I felt a little anxious/nervous representing a real person in a Spike Lee film.
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I don't know what I feel about wearing my furs anymore. I worked so hard to have a fur coat, and I don't want to wear it anymore because I'm so wrapped up in the animals. I have real deep thoughts about it because I care about the world and nature.
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It's easy to get a theatrical release that shows in one theater for a week. But there's no advertising, and no one sees the movie. It's hard to get a real theatrical release. The distribution of independent films is, to me, extraordinarily frustrating.
