John Boorman Quotes
You can't get an actor to do something that is beyond his range, so you have to be aware of the range of the actor and, if necessary, alter the part to suit the actor.
Quotes to Explore
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I said we're going to leave phones, and so we did. We sold it to Sony.
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I feel totally French – I don't feel half-French because of my dual nationality. For me, dual nationality just means I don't deny my roots.
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I tend to lean toward romance, characters, and relationships when I write, so I have to add to the setting elements and world-building when I revise.
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My manager called me and said, 'Hey, there's a series at Neflix.' I'm like, 'Netflix? Oh, boy.' At that time, it was just a strange thing to hear. It's like going, 'There's a series at Blockbuster.'
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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 aimed at the Archduke. I do not remember what I thought at that moment.
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It does not matter how you came into the world, what matters is that you are here.
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One way of looking at speech is to say it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness.
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Back in the 1960s, the number of deaths each year from unintentional poisoning was 15 times greater than it is today.
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I came to America when I was 9. My mother brought me.
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I went to a Catholic school, so of course we had to wear uniforms. My only form of expression was in shoes and the style of my hair.
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Normally, I just sit in my quiet little room and do the small things that bring me pleasures. I read my books, I answer email, I write a little bit.
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Since St. Augustine announced that Eve - and, hence, collective woman - was responsible for original sin, rabid sexism has been a major pillar of patriarchal religious tradition.
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A lot of the jewelry that I wear are fan gifts because they're so awesome and they give me great presents.
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To me, Darth Vader is the epitome of evil.
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Marijuana you can give up, Iv given it up for fifteen years now and it never occurs to me to smoke it anymore.
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We used to have front-row seats for the Grand Opera House pantomime every year, and once the dame May McFettridge got me up on-stage.
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You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.
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When I view the world, I don't think of my own work. I think of my hope that, through art, people can get a sense of the type of invisible fabric that holds us all together, that holds the world together.
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It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself.
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The beauty of a great idea lies in the art of using it.
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Have you ever thought about what protects our hearts? Just a cage of rib bones and other various parts. So it's fairly simple to cut right through the mess, And to stop the muscle that makes us confess
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What do you say to a dog before he eats?
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You can't get an actor to do something that is beyond his range, so you have to be aware of the range of the actor and, if necessary, alter the part to suit the actor.
