Peter Landesman Quotes
When you're researching something for a movie, you get a very different kind of reaction than when you're researching something for an article for 'The New York Times.'
Quotes to Explore
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Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.
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War is the greatest failure of mankind.
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No matter who you meet in life, you take something from them, positive or negative.
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You make movies for the people. If critics happen to like them too, well, that's a home run.
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I'm a good guy. I love playing bad guys, but good guys that have a good thing going on, I like that, too. I don't like passive good guys.
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Rather than spend millions getting film stars, I am quite happy to be brand ambassador myself.
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I've always been drawn to the idea that small choices in our lives could have drastic effects on our future.
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Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.
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I love my parents. Coming out to them was sort of coming out to myself. I educated them, and I wanted our relationship to keep growing. I wanted them to be a part of my life still. I wanted to be able to share with them what I was going through.
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To survive is to win.
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Some movies to me are like vampires – they suck all of the energy out of me and I don't like that. I like to give the audience energy if I can.
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It puzzled me that other people hadn't found out, too. God was gone. We were younger. We had reached past him. Why couldn't they see it? It still puzzles me.
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I've directed enough in the theatre and a couple of films to know that - to feel fairly secure that if I find a story that I really like I can probably get it done somewhat.
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It's important to have people around you with enough confidence to say if you are not acting in a good way. Normally, when you are at the top, people say everything is fantastic. Probably in that moment it is what you want to hear, but it's best to be reminded how to act properly.
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I've been in a gym probably nine days of my life.
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The darkness, the loop of negative thoughts on repeat, clamours and interferes with the music I hear in my head.
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The price of empire is America's soul, and that price is too high.
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I've spent the past month in Washington, D.C., and it is terrific to be back in America.
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I do remember the people who believed in me in the beginning. I'll never forget that.
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Movies are collaborative, and that's part of what makes it a great experience. They're different from a lot of other art forms, but also it makes it seem like when you see the final product, you go, "I wouldn't have done that. I wouldn't have done this."
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I'm all for guys being butch and guys being men. I identify with that and appreciate that. But if I'm going to stab my gay brother in the back who isn't butch and who maybe acts a little bit more effeminate, what good is that?
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When you're researching something for a movie, you get a very different kind of reaction than when you're researching something for an article for 'The New York Times.'
