Peter Greenaway Quotes
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It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean.
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I want my shows to be eerie and mysterious.
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We must become acquainted with our emotional household: we must see our feelings as they actually are, not as we assume they are. This breaks their hypnotic and damaging hold on us.
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I would rather be on the set than doing anything.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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Usually I trundle about in trainers and baggy jeans, looking about as attractive as a potato.
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You can imagine me as a kid growing up in redneck Texas with ballet shoes, tucking the violin under my arm. I had to fight my way up.
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The one thing I do know is that I'm the best Taylor Hawkins drummer there is, and that is all I can hope to be. And when it comes to music, musicianship and skill, there is no such thing as better or worse because so much is personal opinion, and I can see that now.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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I think with 'Skinwalkers,' the success of it spoke for itself. Meaning a lot of people wanted to see something new on television.
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A movie is about human beings, about humanity.
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I tell you, in this world, being a little crazy helps to keep you sane.
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I remember being a teenager and seeing Seymour Cassel across a crowded room and being incredibly star struck, and not having the courage to say, 'Hello.'
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I've always thought that design can have equal importance to the idea of internal architecture. Professionally, things can be very dogmatic - you do the architecture, someone else does the interiors, someone else does the furniture, the fabric, etc. But I think design is all-encompassing.
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I'm such a perfectionist.
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Beware of the naked man who offers you his shirt.
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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
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I do take this insane pleasure in world-building. I get the world in my head, but I have to make sure everyone else gets it.
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John Denver I listened to when I was in elementary school.
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If you've spent a long time developing a skill and techniques, and now some 14 year-old upstart can get exactly the same result, you might feel a bit miffed I suppose, but that has happened forever.
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I had this 'War and Peace' thing of wanting to experience war as a kind of incredible human enterprise. I even applied to Officer Candidate School. Then the practical side of me kicked in and I thought, 'I really don't want to get drafted.' So I went down to the physical and checked every psychological disorder and drug on the medical history form.
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I have seen Colonial churches since I was very small, Colonial painting and polychrome sculpture. And that was all I saw. There was not a single modern painting in any museum, not a Picasso, not a Braque, not a Chagall. The museums had Colombian painters from the eighteenth century and, of course, I saw Pre-Columbian art. That was my exposure.
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I got to work with Cillian Murphy and my dad, Jim Broadbent and Jodie Whittaker on 'Perrier's Bounty.' It was a small part, but it was really special.
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Dots ...: Small marks variously made to indicate infinity, hesitation, duplication, or lack of imagination.
