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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I can understand Communism, but not Socialism.
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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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Competing at full price is the way we like to do business, but we cannot ignore the promotional environment.
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The great thing about books is that you can end with a question mark.
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I placed my new novel, 'The Book of Lost Fragrances', in Paris, knowing it would be a challenge. But the book belonged in the city that is one of the greatest perfume capitals of the world and has been since for more than three centuries.
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When I was a kid, of course I wanted to be the fastest, the loudest and the one with the biggest drum set, but obviously my aspirations have changed a bit since then.
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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.
