Joan Bennett Quotes
I don't think much of most of the films I made, but being a movie star was something I liked very much.
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I made my first movie when I was five.
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As far as control and stuff is concerned, I never had any more in my life than for that All-Star game in 1934.
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When I write a movie, I write it for me.
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Maybe I should pretend like I'm not insecure, but I really am. This movie is going to come out and... will people like it? Will they like Rey?
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I remember the first time my mind was blown by an actor was Tim Curry, because I loved 'Clue' when I was a kid, and then I was watching the movie 'Legend,' and the Devil suddenly smiles, and I was like, 'It's the same guy!' It was a total Keyser Soeze moment.
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I really loved 'Witches of Eastwick', the movie with Michelle Pfeiffer and Jack Nicholson and Cher.
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Anytime you put a movie out it's subject to such scrutiny and such criticism.
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I started out with a dream to make a star in a jar in my garage, and I ended up meeting the President of the United States!
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For a movie, you have to make sure the lyrics are consistent with the rhythm that is given to you. But, at times, during the song's recording, you find out that your words are not appropriate for the track, and so you have to change them.
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Designing a collection with Aeropostale was completely surreal.
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I have a huge promotion: you've heard from me on 'Vantage Point' and also with 'Cyrano Fernandez' – that is a Venezuelan movie that I star in and co-produced, and it's based on the romance of Cyrano de Bergerac. And it's set in a Venezuelan slum. It's a free version of the French play.
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I did think that acting would be much more like being a pop star. Now I'm here, I can't think of anything more different.
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For me, there are always things to learn. It's like the next movie is going to be the good one, you know.
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I couldn't spell anything. I couldn't remember anything, but I could go to a movie and I knew who starred in it, who directed it, everything.
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I fell in love with the whole process of making a movie. I loved the sets. I loved watching the actors and the crew.
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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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I used to feel it was too late for me; I'd had my shot. You couldn't make a pop star out of me.
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If people are talking about your movie and they're like, 'Yeah, it was ok' - that's the last reaction I would want! I would rather people would say, 'Oh, I hated it!' or 'I loved it!' rather than 'Oh, it's ok.'
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I was a young, new, hot star, and I had this unbelievable arrogance. As time went on, the strident narcissism and arrogance slowly diminished. But I was definitely there. I'm older now. And a big crybaby.
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Awards season is not something that I think about. What I enjoy a lot is knowing that people go and see the movie and they love the movie.
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I always say the classier cousin of 'Anchorman' is 'Mad Men,' because when you really look at it, why do people really love Don Draper in 'Mad Men?' He's just a terrible guy. But we know why he's terrible, and I think that's really key to why you can be sympathetic to a character.
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I feel comfortable with what I do and I guess that my girlfriend feels the same.
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The United Nations remains our most important global actor. These days we are continuously reminded of the enormous responsibility of the Security Council to uphold international peace and stability.
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I don't think much of most of the films I made, but being a movie star was something I liked very much.
