Bruce Vilanch Quotes
I mean, when I started out I was billing per hour, like a shrink because you would sit with somebody and work. But most of it, if it's for a live show it's usually a buy-out. A flat fee.
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Well, one of my favorite ones to work on - besides just about any scene from 'Deadwood' - was my scene with Brad Pitt in 'Assassination of Jesse James'. That was just a fun day.
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What I love is dropping into someone else's life and exploring it.
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My personal view is that I am opposed to the death penalty.
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I'm here today because I hated everything else.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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Though it has plenty of competitors, Slack claims to be the 'fastest growing business application in history'.
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For almost a century since 1918, the centralised nation-state has been the world's default political form. Its various experiments in industrialisation, urbanisation, mass literacy and consumerism have brought more people into public life.
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I'll tell you, I never thought I'd ever be going into law, and certainly not the same kind of law as my dad.
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Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
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Of one thing there is no doubt: if Paris makes demands of the heart, then Munich makes demands of the stomach.
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I have no ties to my dad. I had no communications with him; it didn't shape who I am or anything like that. I'm actually a product of my mom.
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Banking gives you a glimpse into what makes companies succeed and what makes companies fail.
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In my experience, scientists are not always the most socially adjusted people, and may have habits and fascinations outside of their work that others might consider odd.
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I was brought up in the shadow of the Holocaust. My mother lost most of her family, and I didn't realize how much the guilt of survivorship weighed on her until I was an adult.
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A philosopher once said, 'Half of good philosophy is good grammar.'
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Like I said, I'm more worried long term about the environmental issues then the use of arms.
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People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job.
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I consider Apple to be very closed. Let's say you have a book business, and you are charging 5 to 7 percent gross margins; you can't exist in an Apple world because they want 30 percent, and they don't care that you only have 7 percent to play with.
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I've been on plenty of sets where I have not liked the people that I work with, but you suck it up and be professional.
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It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door.
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Europe has such an expansive history.
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I believe absolutely in love being the central motive force of the universe.
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You notice it with any organization that's had a lot of success: you will start to reach thinking, 'That's the player, that's the method, that's the mechanism, that's the coach, that's the thing that's going to put us over the top.'
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I mean, when I started out I was billing per hour, like a shrink because you would sit with somebody and work. But most of it, if it's for a live show it's usually a buy-out. A flat fee.
