Jean-Marc Vallee Quotes
It can be a machine. The machine tries to make money and forget about the heart and the art. Hollywood is more about making money.
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I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.
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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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I never eat where the hotel recommends. I do my own research and then try the most highly rated options.
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I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
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I have favorite authors from a lifetime of reading, so there are some I'll automatically read every time they have a new novel. Included in them: Robert Goddard, Jeffery Deaver, Sophie Kinsella, Katherine Neville, Greg Isle, Laurie King, Lee Child, Lisa Tucker, Susan Howatch, Paul Auster. Barry Eisler, David Hewson, Tracy Chevalier.
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I have been fortunate to experience a wide range of characters. What more can an actor ask for?
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I really appreciate people like Rosie coming out and saying I've inspired them.
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My message to the ladies would be, you can do all of the things, but not all of them at the same time.
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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I don't have a definition for depression. I'm productive, and that's not a sign of depression, right? And I don't have weeks where I don't leave my bed. It seems like depressed people have those.
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In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.
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I must have been 3 years old or less, and I remember paging through these comics, trying to figure out the stories. I couldn't read the words, so I made up my own stories.
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Statistics do not convey emotion. They shock us for a minute or two, and then we click again.
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Upon the death of my father, our family and myself were emotionally and financially exhausted.
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There's something sort of intrinsic in being a Southerner that doesn't go away. You can't get rid of it, but it's not something that's terribly obvious.
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'The Fight Club' DVD is great. I like anything that has really good extras because as an actor, it's really great to see the behind-the-scenes stuff and see how different actors approach their particular project.
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The U.S., especially Hollywood, is so strong for film production.
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You have to open up on stage.
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There are some people who're all doctors. Is it genetic?
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Machines built by human beings they will function correctly if we provide them with a very specific environment. But if that environment is changed, they won't function at all.
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I can't say I'd like to concentrate on one particular composer. I'm looking forward to doing a variety.
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As people want to move money around the world, they're going to be moving in and out of bitcoin quickly, but they're still going to own it for some period of time... and the size of that working capital requirement will grow as the global economy grows.
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It can be a machine. The machine tries to make money and forget about the heart and the art. Hollywood is more about making money.
