Jenny Han Quotes
It's fairly common to get something optioned but really rare to actually see it become a movie.
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All of my problems are rather complicated - I need an entire novel to deal with them, not a short story or a movie. It's like a personal therapy.
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I'd rather have one good scene in a movie by a great director than a small role in a mediocre movie.
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If I ever have children of my own, they will read 'Matilda.' They will watch the movie. And you can bet they will see 'Matilda: The Musical.'
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I've seen the Pokemon movie, which is probably the worst movie ever made on any subject ever.
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For a movie, you have to make sure the lyrics are consistent with the rhythm that is given to you. But, at times, during the song's recording, you find out that your words are not appropriate for the track, and so you have to change them.
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As a storyteller, when you're writing a movie and when you're directing, you want to keep people entertained. That's the whole point, right? It has to be entertaining.
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I fell in love with the whole process of making a movie. I loved the sets. I loved watching the actors and the crew.
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If you go to a movie and it's a great experience, the experience at the end of it is always like this sadness that it's over, that your time with these characters is finished. There's almost like an achy feeling that I have when I go to a movie that I love and it ends.
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I am happy with the response I am receiving for 'Kaabil.' Audiences' love is what we work for, after all.
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Everybody in the South loves the one closeted homosexual who's married. It's just too funny to not have in a movie about the South. It's an epidemic. You gotta represent!
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For my wrap present, Colin Farrell gave me a first edition book. I got so involved with this character and I was so sad when the movie was over that when I got home and I tried to read the book I got really emotional and I started crying.
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The journey of your first movie is not just beyond belief it can be truly beyond satire.
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I have never been to a museum in Hong Kong, or a movie or a play. I've never gone club-hopping. I've never taken the tram to Victoria Peak.
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'Sucker Punch' is a big girl power movie.
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When your in the movie business you have a start date and a stop date.
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You've got to keep taking certain risks, because my priority is in acting, it's not in movie stardom.
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If I don't direct a movie at some point, I've failed personally.
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I am going to produce a movie of my own. I am not going to stick to the time-tested formulae of Hindi cinema. I want to make a film for the present generation. So there will be a lot of new faces in the film.
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So if you want to have a great video game-based movie you have to keep the mood of the game, use the normal character setup - but you have to flesh out the story and provide more background for the characters.
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If you're showing people where it's smooth sailing, where is the joke? If you go back to any movie, even a conventional movie, with any comedians, they're either not terribly intelligent or they're not doing something well.
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Growing up in a New Jersey suburb, my Catholic faith was an important part of my young life, shaping the way I approached the world.
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In aid, the proper attitude is one omitting gratitude.
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My husband taught me so much about being a father. No matter what any of our children do, my husband will always believe in them, love them and accept them.
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It's fairly common to get something optioned but really rare to actually see it become a movie.
