Matthew Vaughn Quotes
I used to be very much Jekyll-and-Hyde, where the Jekyll in me would say, 'Keep to the budget, be responsible,' and Hyde would be like ,'Ah, we can do an extra shot or an extra day.'
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The more success you get, you start to be harder on yourself or more afraid of the looking glass. You have to learn to build a thicker skin because people are paying more attention.
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There is no sin except stupidity.
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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The thing about tennis is if you stay off for two weeks, or just for three days, you can lose your rhythm quickly. So it's just a question of constant diligence and vigilance.
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Hollywood would make a holocaust an animated comedy if people would pay to see it; they don't care... they just want your money.
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In theater, there's a lot of work to do to build the characters. It's a great experience.
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I've always been more of a camera hog than anything, and it's just another way to get it all out!
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I'm the artist formally known as Beck. I have a genius wig. When I put that wig on, then the true genius emerges. I don't have enough hair to be a genius. I think you have to have hair going everywhere.
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I'm here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance.
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I came into this league by myself, and I'll leave by myself.
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It's great living with your best friends.
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Every time a pundit or elected official is on any TV news program, it should be a polite formality to mention that GE has made such and such billions off the war in Iraq by selling arms or that Murdoch is a right-wing activist with a clear stake in who wins and who taxes his profits the least.
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I wanted to write a novel that would make others feel the history: the pain and fear that black people have had to live through in order to endure.
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I think the 19th century is an extraordinary period with a welling up of creativity and all kinds of experimentation and exploration going on at least until 1940.
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Sadly, black people disassociate ourselves from the things which make us who we are, identifying them as lesser, or inferior. It's a form of self hate. So, with reckless abandon, we strive to be like the majority.
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So I won an Oscar. It's amazing. I've got that for the rest of my life for a performance I am proud of. It nearly killed me. I am really proud of the film. That's it, moving on.
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Going to the gym wouldn't be on my list of favorite things to do.
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I'm having a hard time understanding Donald Trump because he says one thing one day then corrects it the next day.
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That's John Constantine. You put him in a corner, and you squeeze him, and he'll find his way out. There's something in him - he's a great escape artist.
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I'm excited about becoming a transmedia storyteller. The idea that we can tell the 'Agent Mom' story online with MTV Comics and build a fan base that we can take over to Paramount to discuss turning that story it into a movie is just awesome.
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Sometimes I laugh with my parents, and sometimes I yell at them, and both are therapeutic.
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I was two and a half and my folks would put it on the record player and I would run around the house screaming, but I haven't been that hip since.
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I literally think that if you're in this business, it has to be the only thing you can and want to do, because it's so hard. You have to be fully committed - and partially insane - to wake up every morning and be like, 'I'm an actor.'
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I used to be very much Jekyll-and-Hyde, where the Jekyll in me would say, 'Keep to the budget, be responsible,' and Hyde would be like ,'Ah, we can do an extra shot or an extra day.'
