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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My mother always used to say when picking up a product, 'Would you give this to the Duchess of Windsor?' Well, that's lovely. But the Duchess of Windsor is dead.
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Not all the labour of the earth Is done by hardened hands.
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Nigel Mansell is the last person in the race apart from the five in front of him
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I'm not a journalist; I'm probably a horrible interviewer. The one small thing I have is I'm curious, and I'm interested in who I'm with.
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Gentlemen, the Tory party, unless it is a national party, is nothing.
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Dots ...: Small marks variously made to indicate infinity, hesitation, duplication, or lack of imagination.
