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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The best part of being blonde is forgivable momentary lapses of common sense.
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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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Our country does not believe in the concept of your God and my God. We believe that all gods are one. We have different ways of accepting Him. All ways lead to Him.
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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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What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
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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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What's most explosive about historical fiction is to use the fictional elements to pressure the history to new insights.
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Sometimes I wonder what will be the air conditioning of my dying days. What thing will they add that will make it impossible to be uncomfortable? Because I do assume that as an old person, I will be very comfortable. There will be something - a drug or some way to impact the air around me - that when I relax, I'm gonna feel great. So I do look forward to that.
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The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism.
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No actor forgets the times he couldn't get a job. I think everyone doing this operates from that fear. You don't want that momentum to stop when you get it.
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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.
