John McCarthy Quotes
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I like quiet. No television cameras. I'm not the Hollywood type.
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I like the detail work of telling a story in small pieces, as is done in movie-making, and also the long leap of faith needed to see a theatre performance through each night. Both require focus and self-discipline.
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There's no problem with fans and bands. There's a problem with the economics of the outside disruption of the industry.
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A lot of things and a lot of money is involved in a movie. It is very upsetting when a movie doesn't fare well at the box-office.
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I always assumed I would leave drama school and do 'Lady Macbeth' and all sorts of serious things. It just didn't happen.
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My label in Toronto was 'Stand Pat' and I think that was a fair assessment. I tried to be patient, but if a trade came along - big or small - that I thought should be made, I would make it.
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I've lived a very nomadic life, which I enjoy.
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Oh, well, there's a difference between privacy and secrecy.
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If I'm doing comedy, I try to improvise a lot. Even if they don't use it, it helps me loosen up and figure out the character.
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Human beings around the world have to be taught to go, 'Tamil equals Tamil civilians first, and the Tamil Tiger is a separate thing.' And both of those groups are different. It's like a square and a circle.
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I love music, I make films with music, I eat with music, I sleep with music, I think with music. Music makes me dream; it strengthens my creativity.
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You can't write anything you want. Once you write that first chapter, then everything else is determined. You can write anything you want, but only one thing works.
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While we can learn from U.S. models, we certainly can't practice them.
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I apologize for being obvious, but every time I watch the curtain come down on even a halfway decent production of a Shakespeare play I feel a little sorrowful that I'll never know the man, or any man of such warm intelligence.
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Details are the only thing that separates one movie from another.
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Maintaining the dignity of my subjects has grown to be, over the years, an imperative in my work, both in the taking of the pictures and in their presentation.
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Don't even try to talk to me when I'm watching the moon. That's my moon, baby.
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What God chooses for us children of men is always the best.
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Your to-do list should include items that need to be accomplished for the month, the week, and each day. You must then ask yourself how much time you need to block off to achieve each task. Time blocking allows you to minimize distractions and to maximize your efficiency as you work to complete this list.
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My mother's whole family had been from the theater, really. Because I grew up in Hollywood, I wasn't that interested in Hollywood. But the New York theater was completely exotic and fabulous to me.
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Because everyone is guilty for everyone else. For all the 'wee ones,' because there are little children and big children. All people are 'wee ones.' And I'll go for all of them, because there must be someone who will go for all of them.
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The more we can put the camera in a better place, the more we can take the audience on a more extreme journey with that character.
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Speak the truth. Give whatever you can. Never be angry. These three steps will lead you Into the presence of the gods.
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Inside of many liberals is a fascist struggling to get out.
