Gayle Rankin Quotes
I had a ridiculously idyllic childhood. I think back and am like, 'Wow. I was so naive, in the best way.'
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I was pretty nervous when I met Robert DeNiro. I kind of felt like a kid in a candy store for the first time. I couldn't wipe the grin off of my face. But Bobby DeNiro was really, really sweet and made me feel very comfortable. He's very low-key and just a superstar professional, and totally someone to be admired.
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I shy away from plot structure that depends on the characters behaving in ways that are going to eventually be explained by their childhood, or by some recent trauma or event. People are incredibly complicated. Who knows why they are the way they are?
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So if I want to buy a light in a shop and I don't find a light that I like, I think to myself what would I like? What would I like to buy? Then I started to imagine and design it for myself a lot of the time.
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At a certain career level, it's no longer about whether you are the smartest subject-matter expert in the room.
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I had a ridiculously idyllic childhood. I think back and am like, 'Wow. I was so naive, in the best way.'
