Joe Dante Quotes
I like working with kid actors because they surprise you constantly. I mean, all actors do - but kids particularly.
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One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.
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I don't have a disregard for my reader in humor pieces.
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The willingness and ability to live fully in the now eludes many people. While eating your appetizer, don't be concerned with dessert.
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All the women in my family are very dramatic by themselves. They make the biggest things out of nothing. I think that's where I learned a lot about being emotional.
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One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about.
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It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
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I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young people... a long time ago.
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When I got out of high school, I started breaking out. I tried everything from A to Z as far as seeing doctors and getting prescriptions. I even did home remedies, and I had no luck. A fan gave me Proactiv, and it cleared my skin, but there were too many steps. I lose everything, and I lost one of the products. My acne started to come back.
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I make a lot of money and I'm worth every cent.
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I have my own people that make my clothes because it's hard for me to find stuff that fits.
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I was from a tough neighborhood, and we didn't have a lot of money, but my dad worked hard, and my mom is good at budgeting things. That made me appreciate things.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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I've always had a dream of owning a restaurant.
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In Shakespeare, unique individuals repudiate the stereotypes demanded by the structure of the play: Shylock commands our sympathy, Barnardine refuses to be hanged. Individuals trump the category.
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I'm terrified about psychic people who have their little shops. I always walk across the street and go somewhere else. Imagine if one of them came out with their face all pale and said, 'Hurry up and enjoy yourself.' No one wants to know that.
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In the United Kingdom, we need to promote an inclusive British identity that involves and empowers people from all ethnic and faith backgrounds.
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I grew up with 'Friends' from day one and, like, 'Seinfeld' and 'Frazier,' those sorts of shows, but for sure, 'Friends' was it for our family. Like, we would watch every Thursday night at eight o'clock; I couldn't wait.
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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In an unconstitutional partnership with the state, the church can impose the most irresistible, if covert, controls conceivable.
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Honestly, there have been some pretty good Marvel games, but I don't think there's ever been a great one.
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I wanted to write music, and cook, and play cards, and have a nice time.
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It's my job, too, to keep up with pop culture and what the kids are into 'cause you don't want to sound like an old man trying to write for kids. I spend a lot of my time spying on them.
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I'm strong enough and have a pretty thick skin, but when people go after my kids, I just hit block-delete, block-delete. It's my mantra.
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I like working with kid actors because they surprise you constantly. I mean, all actors do - but kids particularly.
