F. Gary Gray Quotes
I was a little hesitant at first because there's so many ways you can get 'Straight Outta Compton' wrong. You know, it's such a great story; it's such a classic tale. I was a little nervous 'cause it's like a very narrow road to success with that type of story - you got to get it right - but when I read it, I was pleasantly surprised.
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Everyone should be commended for allowing people to make disasters, to make failures - you've just got to be sure that it's a magnificent failure and that, by creating a magnificent failure, you plant the seed.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
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I love the horror genre and the thriller genre, so I've got no problem with playing a psycho.
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It was my wish since I was a child to become something, to be able to stand on my own two feet, to do something for myself.
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In all honesty, titles are an embarrassment to me.
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I like films to be pure cinema, but I also like them to provide a snapshot of a family, a society or a character - something that can nourish you as a human being as well as an actor.
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In a world awash in debt, power shifts to creditors.
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Ain't no place like New Orleans. It's one of kind.
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I never bought the commercial thing, at any stage of the game.
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Men fall in love with their eyes - they like what they see - and women fall in love with their ears - they like what they hear!
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I worked at a local television station and I got a chance to direct and do all those things - worked kiddie shows, Ranger House show with the hand puppets and things like that.
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You may count on Mexico's support, since your commitment to the noblest causes of mankind and your vast experience are and will be invaluable in enabling us, together, to achieve a better world.
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Maybe I'm just purely lucky. If I've come up against obstacles I've always found another way around it.
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I wish - I wish the peace and good for the Syrian citizen and the Syrian regime.
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A philosopher once said, 'Half of good philosophy is good grammar.'
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There's no such thing as work-life balance. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences.
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You just sort of let them go for a while, but it was time to have something done to my teeth. I'm glad. It's going to be good. Tom Cruise has braces now, too. I'm right in style.
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It's not hard to cut taxes.
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When you meet anyone, remember it is a holy encounter. As you see him, you will see yourself. As you treat him, you will treat yourself. As you think of him, you will think of yourself. Never forget this, for in him you will find yourself or lose yourself.
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I certainly have no regret living in the U.S. The quality of life in Australia is good, but it is bloody good here as well.
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I've never really played golf. With the sax, I learned technique well enough so that it feels like part of my body, and I just express myself. That's where I want to get in golf.
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I was a little hesitant at first because there's so many ways you can get 'Straight Outta Compton' wrong. You know, it's such a great story; it's such a classic tale. I was a little nervous 'cause it's like a very narrow road to success with that type of story - you got to get it right - but when I read it, I was pleasantly surprised.
