Peter Bogdanovich Quotes
One of the things that wrong with pictures today, I think, is that so many of the people making them started out wanting to.
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Don't let nobody tell you that you can't do it. Love what you do until you don't love it anymore. Nothing's impossible.
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I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every one of them I want to be personal, and I want him to grow and change. The problem with that is, it makes the series limited, you can't write a series where a guy is always going through some kind of crisis.
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I don't really love to perform in music. Some people like it more, but it's not my thing so much, but just the writing, when you get the lyric, and the lyric just goes just the right way, or you find the right bridge that takes you to the solo, and those moments are tremendous, and it's difficult to portray.
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I have a trophy case that contains all the action figures ever made of me. It also has items I've stolen from my movies, like three guns and holsters from 'Serenity'.
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I think there is some truth to the fact that yeah, okay, cool, obviously the more mainstream kind of easier-to-grasp-onto dance music has become popular, but that holds true with almost any genre. It wasn't like the Sex Pistols hit the radio. It was poppier versions of that is what hit. It's never, like, the true core stuff.
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A busybody's work is never done.
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When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
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I think a smart person today realizes that you have to be part of the art films that are done just for the sake of the art.
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Thinking about your role will automatically get you in the frame of mind to get your strategy and game plan right before you step onto that field.
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Historical costumes from the 18th and 19th centuries look so complicated, but when you see the patterns, it's very systematic. I've always been impressed by how the patterns economize the fabric.
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When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted period that I see what I've been about. I've no fears about making changes for the painting has a life of its own.
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I love to see a woman in a sexy, strappy sandal no matter what. It just looks beautiful.
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Sometimes, I'm very embarrassed.
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I just sing. You have to use it.
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Nancy Lopez has always been a role model of mine... so to have the opportunity to play for her and spend time with her has been amazing.
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If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors.
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I haven't even graduated from high school yet - and I've realised in the last four years, with all the travelling I've done and all of the movies I've made, that the world is my classroom. I've experienced things I don't know you can necessarily get from reading a history book.
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Both me and Ishmeet were very naughty. We used to have my grandfather's swords in the house. We used to take all these swords and take all the showpieces Mom had and slice them one by one. He actually locked my nana in the kitchen once for two hours.
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A lot of people come to Los Angeles and think that they're going to be famous, just like that.
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No one in my family is in entertainment. They thought acting was a fun hobby, and when I got a degree, I'd settle down.
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I look for friends who make me laugh.
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As long as we can breathe, we can hope.
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One of the things that wrong with pictures today, I think, is that so many of the people making them started out wanting to.
