Bruce Beresford Quotes
Perhaps the most difficult thing is shooting scenes set 6,000 feet up in the mountains of Mexico.
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It is hard to watch myself. I'm hypercritical, and it's difficult to watch a performance when I may end up being at odds with it - wishing I'd done something differently or that they had edited it a certain way.
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Any creative process comes with a level of self-analysis and self-criticism. There's a lot of waking up in the middle of the night going, 'Oh, I wish I had done that differently.'
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There are so many steps you have to go through to reach a high level, so you're kind of building your own, I would say, mountain. You have to go piece by piece by piece. When you're young and really ambitious, you want to jump right up. It kind of teaches you a lesson, I would say.
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Today's kids aren't taking up arms against their parents; they're too busy texting them.
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I'm a really heavy sleeper. When I wake up I'm a terrible morning person.
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Every four weeks I go up a bra size... it's worth being pregnant just for the breasts.
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I started out with a dream to make a star in a jar in my garage, and I ended up meeting the President of the United States!
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Yes, gymnasts aim for perfection, but I never thought about the score. If that's what's in your mind, it will probably mess you up.
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The nude scenes were a little eerie and I felt a bit odd. Yeah, when the camera scanned up my body, I said to my friend, 'Now, that's a close-up.' I mean, you see every inch of my body. But I'm okay with it and so it was cool.
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I don't feel I fit in with morning television because I'm like a vampire and I like to stay up late.
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It was a lovely opportunity for the first time in my whole career to stand up and thank people who are really responsible for me getting to realize my dreams.
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My evening really begins when I take a long, hot bath. I light a candle, and I turn on the news and try to catch up. It's when I can breathe from the day to the night, and that means a lot to me.
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I grew up being scared of the water, which is embarrassing to say as an Australian, but it's true.
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We hunger to understand, so we invent myths about how we imagine the world is constructed - and they're, of course, based upon what we know, which is ourselves and other animals. So we make up stories about how the world was hatched from a cosmic egg or created after the mating of cosmic deities or by some fiat of a powerful being.
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I wanted to make Canadian films, and I ended up making American films.
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Growing up, I liked all the stuff that everyone else was listening to, like Motown, but the biggest group of all was The Beatles.
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I get criticized for taking roles in films like 'Ghost Rider 2', but if you look at my resume, dude, I've mixed it up as much as I can.
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I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself.
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Well, I think it's kind of interesting how the Osmond name has been really seen on both sides of the pendulum. There's obviously the bubblegum side, but for people who really know about music, it's clear on the other side. As a matter of fact, I find it quite ironic that Metallica used to cover 'Crazy Horses.' It was a cutting-edge album.
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I would never, ever trade any campaign donation - that's absurd - for some type of favor to anyone.
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In 1980, it cost just under $600 to take a round-trip flight within the United States.
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I've experienced poverty and plenty, and there's a lesson to be learned when you're brought up in poverty.
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People were talking while I was playing, so I got up and left the stage. I've gotten to the point where I'm not really very patient with patrons rapping during the show. And the people were all nice and quiet when I cam back.
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Perhaps the most difficult thing is shooting scenes set 6,000 feet up in the mountains of Mexico.
