James Carl Inkanish, Jr. (Jimmy Carl Black) Quotes
I was hoping for it to be possibly a movie career as I still would like to see that happen. I enjoyed making 200 Motels and did try out for a few things when I lived in LA, but nothing ever happened. I'm still hoping though.
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One minute, it seemed I had more movie offers than I could handle; the next – no one wanted me.
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How I see my career is very much as an entrepreneur in the field of philanthropy.
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Books are my art. The movie is someone else's art. But it's great marketing for books.
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'The Pianist' is a movie I could watch over and over again.
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I think I would have been so much in awe of the movie set, the people and what everybody's job was, that I don't know if I would be able to concentrate on the character.
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If I ever have children of my own, they will read 'Matilda.' They will watch the movie. And you can bet they will see 'Matilda: The Musical.'
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If you have real passion for a career in game shows, be willing to serve an apprenticeship; it's the best way to learn.
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I've never done a superhero movie. It's very nice to you as an actor in several worlds to go and to experiment.
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It's always weird when you see a movie, and there's no reason for someone to, like, jump on stage and be a singer, and then they just do that... But if it came organically, I would grab that mike and jump on stage for sure.
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The first movie I can remember seeing in the theater was 'Return of the Jedi.' I can remember seeing Darth Vader's helmet come off. The shock of that moment.
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After you do this for a while, you get used to things not working the way you want them to. There's a job you want, and you don't get it. There's a movie you'd like to get made, and it doesn't get made. You become inured to it.
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It is true that some people are interested in the buying part of things... They want to buy everything from the movie reviews to the media net to the opinions and so on.
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Oh I'm a huge comic book movie fan.
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'Sucker Punch' is a big girl power movie.
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I would never try and do a remake off a movie. I think that's a whole different thing. I think everyone will always remember the first movie, and they will always compare it with the second one.
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My girlfriend tells me if I'm doing a movie I'm a roller coaster of emotions all the time, but on 'Boardwalk,' because I've done it for so long and I'm so in tune with the character, she says I'm pretty happy most of the time.
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If I don't direct a movie at some point, I've failed personally.
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In all seriousness, I'm flattered and humbled to have been asked to reprise my role as Luke in the 'Veronica Mars' movie.
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If someone has a really great boyfriend or career, I think, it's cool that happens.
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I have spent a lot of time with foster children over the years - kids for whom I have not necessarily acted as a foster parent.
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I'm in a little bit of a different situation, because working in the business that I do and living in the city that I live in, I haven't had a problem with people who are gay. Since I was 10 I've been working alongside them, and some of my best friends are gay.
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When humor goes, there goes civilization.
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The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.
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I was hoping for it to be possibly a movie career as I still would like to see that happen. I enjoyed making 200 Motels and did try out for a few things when I lived in LA, but nothing ever happened. I'm still hoping though.
