Joe Carnahan Quotes
'Killing Pablo' to me - as much as I love 'The Grey''s script - 'Killing Pablo' to me is the best thing I've ever written.
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When you're in a songwriting class, and you write a song, and you hand it in to a teacher to grade, I'm still going to say that it's a really awesome song whether I got an A or a D. I learned to stick to my guns and take the tools as tools and not as rules.
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I pride myself on not being run of the mill. I don't want to be your umpteenth Fantine in 'Les Miz.'
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I want to encourage women to take control of their health.
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A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.
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Women are needed in the military because there aren't enough soldiers, and we're seeing more women serve.
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I could never take orders from anyone.
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We have points in common with the FDP, particularly when it comes to tax.
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Be comfortable. I think if you're comfortable, you exude confidence, and that leads to good style.
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I'll get in the face of anyone I think is wrong.
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We're going through the Olympics. We're watching women working as teams. We're watching men working as teams. We're watching all working as teams. We're proud of men and women getting medals. That's how the Navy should be working.
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When I do outdoor scenes, I tend to find a quiet space where I can sit and carve a walking stick that can turn out to be interesting for me.
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There is creative reading as well as creative writing.
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Art is the way people see things, and I think it's great when individuals can find in fashion something they truly believe is artistic.
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Film is not an amazing medium to relay interiority. I think literature is much better for that.
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One of the nice things about writing is you can take essentially painful things in your life and turn them into something that might be useful, or at least entertaining, to somebody else.
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For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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My friend, there is no end when it comes to 'Trapped In The Closet.'
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Jack: I can't understand it. On your show you always win.
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I actually enjoyed the struggles that we had trying to shape 'Blood', to get the pacing right, the rhythm of it.
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I have two goals. First, that readers be interested, drawn by a historical account, amused by its comic aspects, saddened by the tragic elements, captured by the possibilities of the past; and second, that readers be aware that there could be another way of looking at things besides the one I offer. I’m not giving a lesson or a sermon, I’m offering a dialogue, as I said before.
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Whatever's going on with me at the time of writing is going to find its way into the piece. If that doesn't happen, then what the hell am I doing? So if I'm writing 'Inglourious Basterds,' and I'm in love with a girl and we break up, that's going to find its way into the piece.
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I have great childhood memories cow-tipping, going off and getting lost in the bog for hours, and coming home covered in dirt.
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'Killing Pablo' to me - as much as I love 'The Grey''s script - 'Killing Pablo' to me is the best thing I've ever written.
