John R. Allen Quotes
I can't spend a lot of time worrying about the numbers at home. I've got to focus on the mission.
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I've always - honestly - never thought of myself as an independent director.
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New York is one of the greatest cities in the world. It is a fitting host to its many international visitors, who can come to witness first-hand what a vibrant multicultural democracy looks like.
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I'm awful with directions, and I'm not very handy around the house.
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I have an inner satisfaction of having done what I thought was right at the time which I thought was propitious.
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I idolised bands like Pearl Jam and Smashing Pumpkins, who wanted to reach as many people as they could.
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For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal.
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I don't know, a lot of people go crazy about 'Breaking Bad,' but I don't like the soap opera aspect of it and only following one character. I like the context to all of it, all the pieces, like 'The Wire.' It's more about the state of things; it's not about the narrative of a person.
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I love watching action. I remember watching Angelina Jolie in 'Tomb Raider,' and I was like 'Wow, it's so cool when a girl can go around and kick butt.'
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I really am an open book. I don't keep anything in at all, which is good and bad.
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I'm really looking forward to working with Meghan Trainor because that's in the pipeline, and I'm eager for it to really happen.
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I probably follow all sports a little bit. I like hockey quite a bit. I like football. I like college basketball when it gets down to March Madness. I like baseball. I enjoy them all. I watch them all.
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I'm not one to get involved with what anyone says about me.
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I'm very tomboy, and I'm inspired by hip hop artists.
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There's nothing wrong with being fired.
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The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.
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You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.
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Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment.
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When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money.
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I've become pretty philosophical about a lot of things, including death. It doesn't get to me.
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The joy of accomplishment is the greatest joy there is.
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When I was five or six, I asked to sing at a big family party, and ever since I got up there in front of everyone in my suit - it had a blue collar, like in 'Scarface' - I had the bug.
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I'd like to someday see myself married to my true love and starting a big family, and at the same time still having an artistic job.
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Attaching yourself to success and failure too much is not healthy and good for you. It is better to focus your energy in reinventing yourself as an actor with every film.
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I can't spend a lot of time worrying about the numbers at home. I've got to focus on the mission.
