Jason Blum Quotes
I wouldn't be creatively satisfied if all we did were sequels, but in the same breath, I'll say that I wouldn't be creatively satisfied if everything was an original. It's good to use the different parts of my brain. Very different rules apply.
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There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.
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The thing that I'm most passionate about, I'm writing a book called 'Jab Jab Jab Jab Jab Right Hook,' and it really focuses on how to story-tell in a noisy, ADD world.
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Growth is painful. Change is painful. But, nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you do not belong.
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If Boston charters can be stymied despite their extraordinary success, charters anywhere can be stopped.
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I go straight from thinking about my narrator to being him.
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The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
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I think I've always been somebody to break rules.
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You can't try to be somebody you're not; that's not style. If someone says, 'Buy this - you'll be stylish,' you won't be stylish because you won't be you. You have to learn who you are first, and that's painful.
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Our management team strongly believes that the key opportunity of our business does not only come from just the increase in terms of number of users but also how we continue to enhance the value of our platform for our users.
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It has an air about it of having strolled in from the street with a few tricks up its sleeve, and if everybody would relax, please, it would do its best to pass the time whimsically.
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The mere fact that so many continue to rise, year after year, out of just such conditions as you may think are fatal to your advancement, ought to convince you that you also can conquer your environment.
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I don't crave fame. I mean, it's nice to be recognized. It is useful.
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The voters in District 8 shared our vision that Washington is broken, and we're going to go up there and fix it.
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Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time.
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Sometimes you have to be okay with what you are to the world, where you are in the world, and make the most of it.
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I'm a runner first before anything else.
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I believe that the topic of chemical weapons is critically important for international peace and security, and I take note of the ongoing debate over what course of action should be taken by the international community. All those actions should be taken within the framework of the U.N. Charter, as a matter of principle.
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My character in the first instalment of 'GOW' was very shy and reserved. It was completely different from 'Kahaani,' where I played a no-nonsense cop. And in the second instalment of 'GOW,' it is again very different.
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It's often out of my own insecurity. If I'm picky, it's for that reason. I want to be able to bring my best to the table. So if I'm not connecting to something, then I'm not gonna hold up my end of the bargain, and that's really embarrassing.
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As far as the style, I was fascinated by surrealism.
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A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
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The idea of reinvention has always seemed bizarre to me.
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My imagination, my ability to understand the way love and people grow over time, how passion can surprise and renew, utterly failed me.
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I wouldn't be creatively satisfied if all we did were sequels, but in the same breath, I'll say that I wouldn't be creatively satisfied if everything was an original. It's good to use the different parts of my brain. Very different rules apply.
