Jeff Baena Quotes
I wanted to do something a little bit more feminine after my second movie, 'Joshy,' which was so masculine.
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The more I go on in this career of making albums, writing songs and playing music, the more I think of each album as a movie. I really wanted to make a film, but making a film is much more expensive than making a record.
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When people say hello to me, I feel like maybe I know them from somewhere, because they say, like, 'Hi! How are you?' And I'm like, 'Oh, hi!' And then I realize, 'Oh, no, they just think they know me because they watched me in a movie.' Which is cool, but definitely not a normal thing.
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When I write a movie, I write it for me.
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I would love to do a period movie. I've always wanted to wear the corset, you know. It's a girl thing!
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Adam Sandler is a remarkable movie brand.
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If you learn the craft, you can make a movie and get by with tricks.
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I'm not a movie star like other actors in the way that I need to walk with a bodyguard.
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In every movie I do have a dialogue.
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I really loved 'Witches of Eastwick', the movie with Michelle Pfeiffer and Jack Nicholson and Cher.
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Anytime you put a movie out it's subject to such scrutiny and such criticism.
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If I ever have children of my own, they will read 'Matilda.' They will watch the movie. And you can bet they will see 'Matilda: The Musical.'
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It was priceless. Being the UFC champion and having my kids in the Octagon, my wife, them holding the belt. That was like a movie.
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I've never done a superhero movie. It's very nice to you as an actor in several worlds to go and to experiment.
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As a storyteller, when you're writing a movie and when you're directing, you want to keep people entertained. That's the whole point, right? It has to be entertaining.
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One movie is only one movie. I want to have a lifetime of making films.
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After studying art, I was a painter for a while and was asked to audition for a movie randomly. I hadn't thought of acting before that.
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'Jaws' was the ultimate man vs. nature movie, and it was a movie that was basically three people against the elements, so that was the biggest influence on 'Frozen.'
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I didn't necessarily have a total idea when I was writing the movie of where everything was going. I just wanted to have really realistic dialogue and write like people I knew talked. I tried to keep it very real.
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When you gotta go out and make a movie to pay for the kid's private school and for the three ex-wives, don't talk to me about your artistry. It's their job. It's not my job. It's my calling.
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When large numbers of men are unable to find work, unemployment results.
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Not in our make-up, to be sure - not in the pose which is preceded by the tantaras of a trumpet - do the essential traits in our character first reveal themselves. But truly in the little things the real self is exteriorised.
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The worst thing would be for a Canada to develop a Hollywood. This is an industry we are going to have to fight to defend. We have to compete now so productions stay here. We don't want entertainment to be like the steel industry.
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The Roman Catholics teach that unless you're a Roman Catholic you do not go to heaven.
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I wanted to do something a little bit more feminine after my second movie, 'Joshy,' which was so masculine.
