F. Gary Gray Quotes
I love a challenge. So when I did 'Friday,' I didn't want to do another comedy back-to-back. With 'Set It Off,' that was a little different from 'The Negotiator' and 'The Italian Job.' So for me, it's all about challenge. It's all about challenge and about just learning.
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Doing voice-over work is something that I love to do, and it is a lot of fun at the same time.
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I tend not to wear ties very often. I'm usually in old stuff: Hermes or Marc Jacobs boots and jeans and a T-shirt and a leather jacket or a jean jacket.
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The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
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They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?
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My parents always encouraged us to get an education and establish a profession. However, my brothers and I grew up with considerable freedom, whether it was saving or spending our tips from the restaurant or our career choices.
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I firmly believe that with President Trump in the White House, we have such a great opportunity as conservatives.
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When you commit to something and have fun with it, it appreciates you, the gift, and it starts to help you out.
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As a child, I always liked dressing up and getting into character, and actors are lucky in being able to retain that playfulness, though we do seem to find it hard to grow up.
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Looking up and out, how can we not respect this ever-vigilant cognizance that distinguishes us: the capability to envision, to dream, and to invent? the ability to ponder ourselves? and be aware of our existence on the outer arm of a spiral galaxy in an immeasurable ocean of stars? Cognizance is our crest.
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A good stand-up, you lead the audience. You don't kowtow to the audience. Sometimes the audience is wrong. I always think the audience is wrong.
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I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.
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I was a gymnast when I was little, like 8, 9, 10.
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Whenever a film allows you to think and feel and take it beyond the moment, I think it's achieved something. And 'Funny Games' does that.
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The reality of music itself, which is the fabric of life for me, is where most of my attention is.
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I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.
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Sometimes you lose sight of what's going on around you.
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When men are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.
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I usually listen to classic rock and roll.
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I'm a tell-it-like-it-is kind of person; I don't like being misled or someone not telling the truth. That upsets me.
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I cannot change anything, so I don't want to think about what I would have done.
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Anything that is unexpected is the X-factor.
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Barack Obama wants teacher service scholarships.
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My fears about where theater is going - it's the Hollywood model, where people are chasing the almighty dollar and making commercial decisions based on nothing more than generating income for themselves and their theaters.
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I love a challenge. So when I did 'Friday,' I didn't want to do another comedy back-to-back. With 'Set It Off,' that was a little different from 'The Negotiator' and 'The Italian Job.' So for me, it's all about challenge. It's all about challenge and about just learning.
