Patty Jenkins Quotes
Strangely, I have a huge aversion to movies that try to teach healthy people an abusive lesson about the darkness in the world.
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If you ever meet an actor who's the child of actors, they'll never tell you that they wanted to be a star. But what I did realise early on was that I just wanted to be in that tribe.
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When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women.
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I just make up lyrics off the top of my head. A lot of times, there's a phrase I really like, and I kind of build the song around that.
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My favorite place is Central Park because you never know what you're going to find there. I also like that when I look out the windows of surrounding hotels, it's seems like I'm looking out over a forest.
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It's just someone has labelled us as having a different label to do what you do. I find that labels are the worst thing in the world for artistic expression.
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I wish I had had a great disappointment, a real one.
Nastassja Kinski
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There's a great tradition in storytelling that's thousands of years old, telling stories about kings and their palaces, and that's really what I wanted to do.
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You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, that don't believe that you have any kind of longevity.
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I would really love to collaborate with Gwen Stefani and M.I.A.; artists that kind of make sense with me vocally. And in terms of style, I'm a very visual artist. I really love Pharell. I love people that really care about drums, and I like beat-heavy.
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Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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Story and plot, not historical facts, are the engine of a novel, but I was committed to working through the grain of actual history and coming to something, an overall effect, which approximated truth.
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I guess I'm a good manager now. Moreover, I'm loving the concept of donning the producer's hat. It's all very exciting as well as a great learning experience. You're a part of a film right from its conception to its execution, and that's an amazing feeling.
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There are a thousand ways to play any role.
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It's like deja-vu, all over again.
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I've been on a state of high alert since high school. I didn't need 9/11 to remind me that we live on a ball of flame.
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My view of life is, 'If you're going to miss Heaven, why miss it by two inches? Miss it!
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Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child. A bright line around moral responsibility is very important.
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One of my biggest flaws is I don't take advice.
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I hate to see a guy who insults a girl or is bad with her. Immediately I think she would be better if she was with me.
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Germany, Italy and France appear to possess less dynamism than do the U.S. and the others.
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Studios and networks who ignore either shift - whether the increasing sophistication of storytelling, or the constantly shifting sands of technological advancement - will be left behind.
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It would be very easy for us to do a collection that everybody would like and not criticize. But criticism is a part of life. You have to take it.
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I love Muddy Waters and Nina Simone. I also watched 'The Blues Brothers' movie over and over.
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Strangely, I have a huge aversion to movies that try to teach healthy people an abusive lesson about the darkness in the world.
