John Cassavetes Quotes
By the age of 50, I would like to know that I'm not dead - that there's some continuity to my life.
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If you think about it, you can have the best CGI, but you can always tell that it is CGI. Your brain can spot that is not real even though you think it looks cool. Your brain knows the truth, so you don't jump and you don't scream. It was very important for me to expose the audience to real elements.
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Violence would be a huge gift to those who want a divided Lebanon.
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Rich Swann is probably the only guy who's more charismatic among this whole bunch than me, and I think it showed in our match.
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I don't go to places where I'm going to get mobbed.
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I have admired David Bromley's work for years. He possesses such a wild and vivid imagination and really sees the beauty in everything.
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I don't accept gifts from perfect strangers - but then, nobody's perfect.
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I'm generally competing with the ideal I have set for myself, and I've found that served me very well.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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I had a very modest upbringing.
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The extras are a nice bonus feature, but the main incentive is the musical experience.
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I'm pretty hard on myself in general.
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All we have is our vote. But it's powerful.
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I still sing every day - in the shower or on the set all day. I'm sure everyone will tell you that I never shut up. But it's not in the capacity that I would like to.
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Honesty and loyalty are key. If two people can be honest with each other about everything, that's probably the biggest key to success.
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If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions.
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When you catch other people with a sound like yours, that's when you know you did something.
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In England, rain was thin and cold, and made you hunch up inside your coat, walking home from the bus stop. In Jamaica, it was wide and thick and invited you to step into it, and see how wet you could get, and be thrilled that it was warmer than the sea and warmer than your skin; it was abandon.
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We're becoming so much better at destigmatizing all sorts of things, including mental illness in 'Silver Linings.'
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If a stranger is writing something completely fictitious, or insulting me on a blog or a tabloid, I don't take it personally.
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'Upside Down' is a fantasy love story. It's about love at first sight - when you just fall in love instantly and will battle any obstacle to be with that girl.
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I literally can't get anywhere now without the map on my phone. I used to use an A-Z when I first came to London, and now I really struggle because there's no dot to show where I am. And I think that part of my brain doesn't work any more.
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When people ask me to name the Ligonier teaching material they should use to help them grow; I tell them, 'You should start with The Holiness of God.'
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By the age of 50, I would like to know that I'm not dead - that there's some continuity to my life.
