Joe Davis Quotes
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For 120 minutes, 'Birdman' floats from comedy to surrealism to high drama to quiet brilliance. I felt so inspired by watching this movie. It reaches for the sky and never comes back down to earth.
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There are lots of different reasons to choose roles.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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War is something Arafat sends others to do for him. That is, the poor souls who believe in him. This pompous incompetent caused the failure of the Camp David negotiations, Clinton's mediation.
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To my real estate agent, Chernobyl is a fixer-upper.
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I never said I wanted to be a lead actress; I never said I wanted to be a film actress. This need to trump everyone bewilders me. I'm only 25. I'm not better than anyone. I just want to watch other people and learn to be good.
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Top knots are the easiest thing to create.
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It's hard enough condensing 500 pages into a movie, and it would have been impossible to condense 800.
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Canadians are very well behaved, they don't throw their food.
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In the film, I'm not very mobile, like in the space suit.
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I always have the feeling in these low states that something good is about to happen. That's when I feel the fullest, the rawest, the closest to myself.
Nastassja Kinski -
I always listen to all kinds of different music from different years. I listen to the contemporary, but once in a while into eighties, you know just for fun, and sometimes classical too. So I have this big mix on my i-pod... Amy Winehouse, Gwen Stefani, OutKast, Jay-Z. I listen to trance, pop, everything. It really depends on my mood.
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In order to become prosperous, a person must initially work very hard, so he or she has to sacrifice a lot of leisure time.
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Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.
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People want to be friends with someone who likes to have a good time.
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You could be a kid for as long as you want when you play baseball.
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All historical experience demonstrates the following: Our earth cannot be changed unless in the not too distant future an alteration in the consciousness of individuals is achieved.
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As a writer, the best mindset is to be unafraid.
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And my generation in Brazil was influenced by Cinema Novo. So we're echoing what's been done way in the past.
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I tried painting for a short time and realized that I was not a child prodigy at painting.
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Just the idea of making money can increase your skin conductancy, meaning there's a current of excitement.
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I made theater very important in the beginning of my career.
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I can always be reminded how small I am when I try to surf a wave that's a little bit out of my league, and I just get pummeled. And, when your life flashes before your eyes kind of stuff, deep down under the water where you don't know what's up or down, and that kind of thing, or just Mother Nature reminding you how small you are compared to it. That's kind of the main thing for me.
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One thing I learned about riding is to look for trouble before it happens.
