Jeremy Stoppelman Quotes
You want experimentation. Every once in awhile, you stumble upon something that blows your mind.
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I'm a huge fan of 'Eastbound & Down.' It's one of my favorite shows.
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I had this 'War and Peace' thing of wanting to experience war as a kind of incredible human enterprise. I even applied to Officer Candidate School. Then the practical side of me kicked in and I thought, 'I really don't want to get drafted.' So I went down to the physical and checked every psychological disorder and drug on the medical history form.
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Wise choices can put us in control of situations where we might otherwise be tempted to compromise our principles. We cannot control all that happens to us; however, we can choose to be in control of our responses.
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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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I did an 'Our Town' in San Diego in the seventies with amateurs that I can tear up just thinking about.
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Any film is about heroism: the triumph of good over evil. If you look back at my films, you will see that as a recurring theme.
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Usually people are questioning my athleticism more than my femininity!
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Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.
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The entirety of 'Bellocq's Ophelia' was a project, and I was interested in doing research and looking at photographs and writing about them, imagining this woman Ophelia and what her life was like and the kinds of things she thought about.
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Education is at the heart of achieving your dreams.
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Even successful musicians have had periods where people say they suck and no one likes them, even after they've had periods of great success. So I think it's like you just gotta do you and try to stay motivated. Until, you know, you decide to stay home and make spaghetti all day.
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You think you would react one way when a situation develops and, and when the sharp shells are flying, you don't quite stand up like you think you might.
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I punish myself more than anybody else does if I am stupid about my actions, and I suffer, really suffer.
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If you want, you can have a coffin made out of cardboard or wicker or papier mache. There's one like a seed pod, or you could buy one that doubles as both a bookcase and a coffin. During your life, you stand it in your living room, and then after you die, the books are taken out and your body put in their place and the whole thing buried.
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That's what's interesting about the Lower East Side: It's New York, but it's also edgy. It's not as stuffy as Tribeca or Soho.
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My priority is the script. Get me a good script, and I will sign the movie. I think I should leave the casting up to the experts!
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I was definitely nervous for the combine. You train for three months to go out there and perform for three days.
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In the voyeurism of Reality TV, the viewer's passivity is kept intact, pampered and massaged and force-fed Chicken McNuggets of carefully edited snippets that permit him or her to sit in easy judgment and feel superior at watching familiar strangers make fools of themselves. Reality TV looks in only one direction: down.
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The history of capitalism has been so totally re-written that many people in the rich world do not perceive the historical double standards involved in recommending free trade and free market to developing countries.
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The thought in my mind was that I must be a good merchant. If I were a good merchant, the rest would probably take care of itself.
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There is an objective reality in which my body and mind are one. But I am not here and never have been.
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Let's just say that I think any person who aspires, presumes, or feels the calling to be an artist has a built-in sense of duty.
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You want experimentation. Every once in awhile, you stumble upon something that blows your mind.
