Joe Russo Quotes
Films used to be an event that required work and effort to get to a theater to see. Now, really good content is available immediately to us on many devices. At the same time, the audience's appetite for storytelling is evolving, and people want to spend time with characters for many years.
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It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
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My dad once said that in criminal law you see terrible people on their best behavior; in family law you see great people on their worst behavior.
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Once you become poor, tired and time-constrained, you become a much better human being.
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I'm all about telling stories. I like people to picture the music video in their head when they're just listening to the song.
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I think people who live in New York don't realize just how much time they spend talking about the subway.
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The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the 'least worst' gets worse.
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I had a job since I was old enough to work - since I was, like, 14.
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I was taught to value hard work. At the end of day, I'm just Olivia.
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Anyone who thinks Peter Jackson would fall for market forces around him rather than artistic integrity doesn't know the guy or the body of his work.
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I think every time, before we do an album, we have a discussion where we sort of consider the idea of doing something radically different.
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When people are very damaged, they can often meet the world with a kind of defiance.
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I think that anything that you do, any accomplishment that you make, you have to work for. And I've worked very hard in the last ten years of my life, definitely, and I can tell you that hard work pays off. It's not just a cliche.
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People don't just love mysteries. They are obsessed with them - especially the kind that are never definitively solved.
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My kids don't go back and forth; none of this 50/50 time with the mums and dads. My children live with me; that is it.
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I was a dramatic kid. I was always like, 'Watch me put on my play, Mom and Dad! You have to watch me put on all these outfits and do this play!' But my family is very academic and straightforward and normal Midwestern people, so the idea that I could act as an actual job wasn't really there.
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When I was in high school I got involved in the fringe theater scene in Chicago, and I met some openly gay people. I could see that it got better, that they were happy and loved and supported. I saw with my own eyes that it got better.
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I do not follow the rules of fashion, and I don't like to be considered a man of the world of fashion. I like to call it the 'style industry' because we try to work on taste.
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Yellow's more like, I'm not trying to be this sexy vixen or anything, obviously. I'm a very friendly person, and I literally do just want to be your friend. I think all of that is wrapped up in yellow. It seems to work. I like being in it.
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The cast was huge, but I never saw anybody.
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There can be no better prize for a writer than one awarded by an international book fair.
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There is no such thing as absolute privacy in America.
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'Baltimore' the series is inspired by all kinds of things, from 'Moby Dick' to 'Dracula.'
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When a country has the skill and self-confidence to take action against its biggest problems, it makes outsiders eager to be a part of it.
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Films used to be an event that required work and effort to get to a theater to see. Now, really good content is available immediately to us on many devices. At the same time, the audience's appetite for storytelling is evolving, and people want to spend time with characters for many years.
