Jeff Baena Quotes
Comedy is all about rhythm and context, and there's all types of comedies, and it's about finding that right brand, that consistency in tone.
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I tweeted once, and I still stick to this, that I would love to marry a Croatian girl. I want my children to speak Croatian first, and for them to do that, we need someone who speaks very good Croatian.
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Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth.
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When you are not missing something, longing for something, you don't really think about it that much. It's like that girlfriend you don't want to have anymore. You don't think about her anymore. Or ex-husband. You just don't.
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My hero wants to belong too, but he doesn't want to give up all the things he came to value in the west.
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The average full-time working male works more than a full-time working female.
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Fifty-million-dollar movies gobble up the medium movies. A lot of people aren't working in Hollywood because of this.
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If they can't do it in California, it can't be done anywhere.
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When you're young, you're stupid.
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As long as I have a heartbeat, I'm fine. So I just do what I love, and I do it the best that I can. And if it all goes away, I'll just start over.
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You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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Everybody that's trying to get anything progressive done in this country knows that the biggest barrier is getting money out of politics.
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It is a common observation, that the more solicitous any people are about dress, the more effeminate they are.
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And I'm not so in love with making people mad that I want to live my life around it.
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I think it's more important to be fit so that you can be healthy and enjoy activities than it is to have a good body.
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It doesn't matter to me if someone is a Republican or a Democrat, I'm going to be the governor for all Marylanders.
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In 'Fifty Shades,' seemingly, Christian has all the power and control - but actually, Anastasia does.
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I have patterned myself after my father and God.
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The obsession required to see a feature through from concept to release is not a rational thing to do with your brief time on this planet. Nor is it something to which an intelligent person should aspire.
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I'm a huge fan of Conor McGregor, an incredible athlete. What he has done for MMA is phenomenal; he has been a great supporter of me.
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I wasn't a kid who moved out from Iowa with aspirations of becoming a famous star - I was intrigued by the idea of filmmaking and by the idea of what it would be like to play a character in a movie.
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I love bouncing between different genres. And comedy, obviously, is something I enjoy doing the most and I've had the most success with. But I'm open to all jobs and all genres.
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Like, I'm trying to make a statement that clean comedy is somehow better or loftier than dirty comedy, and I don't feel that way at all. I just think it's different. It's different. There's rock music, there's jazz music, there's reggae music: All of those forms are different.
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These niggas ain't thugs, the real thugs is the government. Don't matter if you're Independent, Democrat or Republican
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Comedy is all about rhythm and context, and there's all types of comedies, and it's about finding that right brand, that consistency in tone.
