Jim Rash Quotes
As far as working with actors, I feel very comfortable working in that aspect of directing.
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I have never believed in the impossible.
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Across the continent, political divisions are deepening. For all of these reasons, the specter of a euro zone collapse has not been dispatched.
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When you have kids, you instantly feel that you do not want to do them wrong. Those dads that go off to Florida and start a new life, I couldn't imagine that: seeing my kid once every Christmas, every three years. If I'm gone for six days it feels like too much.
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What I find so interesting about people is the choices they make, and how that effects their behavior, their sense of self and their relationships.
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What I hate in fiction is when the author knows better than the characters what they should do.
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My dad got me hooked on the news. That was a good thing.
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If you put Willem Dafoe, Liam Neeson and James Woods in a room together, there wouldn't be room for anyone else.
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I am tired. My arm aches. My head boils. My feet are cold. But I am not aware of any weakness.
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I don't think any relationship responds well to pressure.
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As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease.
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This is one of the factors that also made me very much want to make this film, apart from the fact that I loved it. If the boy hadn't been Jewish and the man hadn't been Muslim, it wouldn't have made any difference to the film. I don't think it's relevant, really.
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My first appearance as a guest on The Tonight Show was in '81.
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I have seen many teachers in real life, which come from the same background and morality and treat their profession like just another one rather than a noble profession.
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If I didn't have children I might be more of a lush than I am. I like booze. I struggle with smoking. And I'm a big swearer. I'm trying to rein it in but I do think it's a nice seasoning of language.
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My mother, actually, is a therapist.
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I've had many mentors, but the one that has the most impact was my mother.
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I'm a big fan of hip-hop, so it reflects in my approach.
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There are some different things I'm writing and developing, but I don't know where they'll go. They're fun stuff that I would be in and are written in my voice, for me.
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When you're on this major English estate, breathing in the English air, and it's untouched, you can feel its presence. It's a whole different feel. It really felt like we were there living it. It didn't feel modern, ever.
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The first time my father woke me up in the middle of the night to tell me he was going to die, I think I was eight. He brought out all his papers and explained to me what to do with his body and who to call and how to take care of things. You either learn how to survive, or you fall to pieces. I'm pretty good at surviving.
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I always begin my stories as experiments - on large yellow tablets - a mixture of writing and sketching.
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I don't understand technology, and I'm very scared of it.
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America has had an influence on me, as has going out with a Cuban-American guy and having lots of American friends. But I am still fundamentally British and speak with a British accent and feel very English.
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As far as working with actors, I feel very comfortable working in that aspect of directing.
