Callie Khouri Quotes

I didn't think of 'Thelma and Louise' as a feminist movie.

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• Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.

  

  Federico Fellini
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  • Place
  • Genius

• I just realized quite early on that I'm not going to be the type who can write a novel every two years. I think you need to feel an urgency about the act. Otherwise, when you read it, you feel no urgency, either. So I don't write unless I really feel I need to, and that's a luxury.

  

  Zadie Smith
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  • Write
  • Luxury

• I like computers as a tool. I like them as an instrument. I think they're just pretty.

  

  Dallas Roberts
  • Think
  • Pretty
  • Computers

• Of course people think Washington is arrogant. It is.

  

  Carly Fiorina
  • People
  • Think
  • Washington

• I'm a bit of a 'Throny,' as I think the 'Game of Thrones' fans refer to themselves.

  

  Nathalie Emmanuel
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  • Game
  • Fans

• I call myself a feminist, not a feminist filmmaker. If somebody asked me if I had a feminist sensibility it would be pretty hard to deny, but is it the theme of my work? Not necessarily. I'm interested in a lot of things.

  

  Callie Khouri
  • Work
  • Pretty
  • Me

• I enjoy the sari. I think it's the sexiest garment ever. It shows you the right amount, it covers the right amount, it's extremely versatile, it suits every body type, it suits every face.

  

  Vidya Balan
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  • Body
  • Enjoy

• Well what I will tell you is for this movie, I got into probably the best shape of my life.

  

  Tea Leoni
  • Life
  • Movie
  • Best

• A fair question could be posed in this fashion: If people are not obeying existing laws, what makes us think they would obey any new laws?

  

  J. D. Hayworth
  • People
  • Think
  • Question

• People always come up to me now and say, 'Watchmen' is the best superhero movie ever made.' I'm always saying 'That's super cool. That's nice of you to say.' But it happens now, more and more and more than it did when it first came out.

  

  Zack Snyder
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  • Up
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• I think because Sport Lux has come in and leisure wear is a new thing, girls can sneak in hoodies and leggings and so on where they wouldn't normally - it has been proper legitimate fashion.

  

  Zoe Foster Blake
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  • Fashion
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• One minute, it seemed I had more movie offers than I could handle; the next – no one wanted me.

  

  Sal Mineo
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  • Next

• I've always been interested in how people think, how they react to challenges in their lives - what makes people tick. I've also always been passionate about social issues and causes, and I wanted to make films that addressed important issues in very human terms.

  

  Barbara Kopple
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• I would love to do a 'Scream'-type movie.

  

  Abigail Breslin
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  • Scream

• I really have no preference between TV and film. I think that each individual project is its own thing and has a very different style.

  

  Zach Gilford
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• The demand in India is to have a hit, which becomes a promotion for the movie and makes people come to the theater. You have five songs and different promotions based on those. But when I do Western films, the need for originality is greater. Then I become very conscious about the writing.

  

  A. R. Rahman
  • People
  • Different
  • Writing

• I don't think I was really addicted. I used it as a party tool.

  

  Tanya Tucker
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  • Party
  • Tool

• If I recall correctly, I think I signed my first contract with Tor in 1983.

  

  L. E. Modesitt
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  • First
  • Contract

• Who doesn't like movies? Who has ever said, 'Hey, you wanna go see a movie?' 'Fuck that and fuck your movies! It’s ridiculous, the whole idea of it! It’s just wrong and fake and NO!'

  

  Dane Cook
  • Movie
  • Fake

• When I first ran, being a woman in politics was seen as both a negative and also a positive. You could attract more women voters, but on the other hand, a lot of men wouldn't vote for you.

  

  Tammy Duckworth
  • Men
  • Women
  • Hand

• Hollywood is tied hand and foot to the demands for artificiality of the masses all over the world.

  

  Lionel Barrymore
  • World
  • Hand

• What is extraordinary about the character of Edna - and I speak as though I am completely outside this character and I am talking to you - I'm, as it were, in the wings, and she's on stage, and every now and then she says something extremely funny, and I stand there and think: 'I wish I'd thought of that.'

  

  Barry Humphries
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  • Funny
  • Stage

• Be happy now. It's a great Western disease that we'll be happy in the future - when we get higher status or that BMW or that promotion or this project finished. Instead, be happy now.

  

  Marshall Goldsmith
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  • Happy
  • Future

• I didn't think of 'Thelma and Louise' as a feminist movie.

  

  Callie Khouri
  • Movie
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  • Feminist