Peter Greenaway Quotes
Cinema ceases to be passive and becomes active: you, the audience, are now, in some senses, in charge of the filmmaking process. You have all got mobile phones, you have all got cam recorders, and you've all got laptops, so you're all filmmakers.
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There is no 'natural' order, only the way things are.
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School after Labor Day is now the law of the land in Maryland.
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I will always find even the worst paintings that attempt some kind of representation better than the best invented paintings.
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I've always prided myself on being myself and trying to stick true to who I am and how I was raised.
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You know what it's like to feel anxious - it's horrible feeling anxious. It's stressful having that feeling, having butterflies in your stomach, even for a day, and you don't sleep at night.
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There is a feeling, when you listen to radio, that it's one person, and they're talking to you, and you really feel their presence as one person.
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There is no doubt that Formula 1 has the best risk management of any sport and any industry in the world.
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I don't want to be disrespectful to people who are incredible at their craft, but the truth is, if I didn't get paid for it, I wouldn't act. The best-paying jobs are usually the worst films. You're a very small cog in a big machine.
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And for my family, comedically, that was the key to a lot of the humor.
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I was an English major at Brown. I never enjoyed history classes.
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The study of law left me unsatisfied, because I did not know the aspects of life which it serves. I perceived only the intricate mental juggling with fictions that did not interest me.
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Our communications reflect in our countenance. Therefore, we must be careful not only what we communicate, but also how we do so. Souls can be strengthened or shattered by the message and the manner in which we communicate.
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I'm actually pretty afraid of scary movies, so I can't watch them at night, but I am a fan during the daytime!
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Regardless of who you are or who you like, love is love.
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The first five albums I did, I tried a little bit of everything. I was trying not to conform at all.
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I've had many mentors, but the one that has the most impact was my mother.
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It's true that the original idea was mine, but what you see today is the work of probably tens of thousands of the world's best engineers, all concentrating on improving the product, reducing the cost, things of that sort.
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I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works.
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If you want work well done, select a busy man ‚ the other kind has no time.
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I think that I write about stuff that others don't write about. I don't have a bunch of love songs cuz I don't really have much boy experience. I just write about what I am actually going through in my real life.
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One runs the risk of weeping a little, if one lets himself be tamed.
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There's parts of touring I like. I like the actual performance part, but the bit when you're in the airport waiting at the carousel for your bags to come around, I don't like that a bit.
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There is no moment where you can rest and think: 'Wonderful, I have that job now. I'm going to spend five years here.' There's a constant judgment on your work that's very strongly related to what you are.
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Cinema ceases to be passive and becomes active: you, the audience, are now, in some senses, in charge of the filmmaking process. You have all got mobile phones, you have all got cam recorders, and you've all got laptops, so you're all filmmakers.
