John Hillcoat Quotes
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If I had my way, I wouldn't be sharing my personal life online. I'm a private person. At home, I don't wander around shirtless, flexing my muscles. I roam around unshaven, with my hair disheveled. Unfortunately, people perceive you differently. It's okay; they're free to speculate.
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There's nothing wrong with being anthropomorphic. That's how we understand the world.
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There's no doubt in the world that directing makes you a better actor. Me, anyway. There's no doubt in the world that it makes me a more collaborative actor.
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When someone has to intervene to defend the liberty of the press, that society is sick.
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Waiting for me in Stockholm will be a personal assistant - Katrina from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs - as well the secretary of the Swedish Academy. They'll help us with our things and take us to our hotel. From the moment I arrive, I'll always be together with the other two laureates.
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Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love.
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MTV in general is involved with so many artists - musicians, actors, people in the fashion industry, and art world.
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I've done the Rolling Stones eating each other.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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In the right context, you can make ugly sounds, different sounds feel right at home.
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China has to go along with world trends. That's democracy, liberty, individual freedom. China sooner or later has to go that way. It cannot go backward.
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I started out doing musicals.
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It is possible for a kid from east Texas, raised in south central LA and Carson, who believes in his dreams, commits himself to them with his heart, to touch them and to have them happen.
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I think there's nothing that can drive you more than a huge dream or a huge challenge.
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Any committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable, determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody who provides the flame.
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Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
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Americans call them hillbillies, rednecks, or white trash. I call them neighbors, friends, and family.
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The kind of thing I'm good at is knowing every politician in the state and remembering where he itches. And I know where to scratch him.
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People don't really understand, but having people stare, and point, and take pictures, even if it is in a positive framework, is quite isolating; there's no two ways about it. You feel a little bit, you know, freakish.
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Be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.
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The creative process on 'Margaret' was incredibly satisfying. I loved the cast; I had a great time writing the script. I liked making the movie. Believe it or not, I actually like editing the movie. It was all the rest of it that was such a nightmare.
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I don't think you can be a mysterious rock star the same way you could in 1965 because there's too much information. Everything you do is available all the time. So the only thing you can rely on is not being false.
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The last time I played video games was 'Space Invaders.'
