Callie Khouri Quotes
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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.
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Consumerism is so weird. It's a sort of conspiracy we collude in. You'd think shoppers spending their hard-earned cash would be highly critical. You know that the manufacturers are trying to have you on.
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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.
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I like computers as a tool. I like them as an instrument. I think they're just pretty.
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Of course people think Washington is arrogant. It is.
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I'm a bit of a 'Throny,' as I think the 'Game of Thrones' fans refer to themselves.
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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.
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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.
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Well what I will tell you is for this movie, I got into probably the best shape of my life.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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I would love to do a 'Scream'-type movie.
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I think on a whole host of issues Washington tends to be a lagging indicator on public opinion.
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I think anytime you can affect people in general, in a positive way, then you're a lucky individual.
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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.
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I'm not at all an active feminist. On the contrary, I'm a bourgeois. I love family life, I love doing the same thing every day.
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You'll often hear the left lecture about the importance of dissent in a free society.
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If only the sense of actuality can be lulled-and it sleeps for ever in most historians-there is no passion that cannot be gratified in the past.
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The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character.
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When I'm too worn out or in pain, I lie in bed and write in my mind.
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I didn't think of 'Thelma and Louise' as a feminist movie.
