Jeff Nichols Quotes
As a director, you see something in someone; you know it's there, you just got to go get it. You do that with any actor. That's your job.
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Whatever life lesson I'm going through at any point in my life, projects just somehow magically appear that help me work through it.
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There are a lot of factors in the life of an F1 driver which can combine to make you believe that you are somehow above normality. I think that is a mistake to start believing that. But, at the same time, it is important to be confident.
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The fight against child slavery is the fight against traditional mindset, policy deficit, and lack of accountability and urgency for children across the globe.
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I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice.
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As a writer, I absorb stories, allow them to churn within my own head and heart - often for years - until I find a way of telling them that fits both my time and temperament.
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If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.
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Despite overwhelming support for the United States to adopt English as its official language, we have still not taken that important step.
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I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter.
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As a result, the highly civilized man can endure incomparably more than the savage, whether of moral or physical strain. Being better able to control himself under all circumstances, he has a great advantage over the savage.
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I loved to sing in family parties, for my friends and family. That's how I discovered my talent.
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I think a child requires initial years of a mother's attention, which is very important, and I did it without any thought in the world. That's what I wanted to do.
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I am a victim-oriented person. I like to see that the victims know that they have a voice.
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The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not going to change each other's minds. It's a waste of your time and my time.
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I really had a problem with being 'the man.' I'm past it now, but that was my insecurity. I ran from that. I was cool with being No. 3 on the call sheet or No. 2.
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You could argue that 'Sweeney Todd' was romantic, if you looked closely at it, but it didn't impart that to its audiences. But it's large, and it's melodramatic, and it's a style I like to work in periodically.
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I love having my hoop earrings. Just regular gold hoops.
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If you go to Africa and you're white, you're probably not going to get that much work either. But the fact is that there is a longer history of black integration in the U.S. I don't have any resentment about this: I did the maths, calculated it against my ambition and decided to leave England.
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I spent my whole childhood watching open-wheel racing. I spent years going to England and racing open wheel, coming back and racing open wheel. It's been my world for 20 years and beyond that. For almost my whole life, I've been watching it. I watch it and I think I know how to do it.
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I always tell friends you can't judge your success by someone else's. You can't be afraid to fail.
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Where I come from, there were traditions with my race and whenever you faced a curve in life, there was always a tradition.
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It's a trip but it hasn't crossed over to the point where women are throwing their panties at me.
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If you're trying to get out of debt, you have to be willing to treat everything as expendable.
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I would suggest maintaining a life and a career outside the Industry. This is a fickle business and a lousy one to make a steady living in, so it's important to have a good family, friends, job and education to fall back on.
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As a director, you see something in someone; you know it's there, you just got to go get it. You do that with any actor. That's your job.
