George A. Romero Quotes
As great as Ed is, the wisdom out here is that he can't carry a movie. They'll pay him $3 million to be the second banana in Julia Roberts things. But they won't put up $3 million for an Ed Harris movie.
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Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
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There are recurring elements in popularized fairy tales, such as absent parents, some sort of struggle, a transformation, and a marriage. If you look at a range of stories, you find many stories about marriage, sexual initiation, abandonment. The plots often revolve around what to me seem to be elemental fears and desires.
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When you commit to something and have fun with it, it appreciates you, the gift, and it starts to help you out.
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In the '80s the band was 24/7. You were only as good as what you were producing at any given moment. Now my family is more important. I also think having the shock of your mum and dad dying humbles you slightly.
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'The New World Haggadah' is meant for American Jews in the 21st century.
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The thing is, any time anyone invades anyone on stage, the invader always looks really bad no matter what point they're proving - obviously that applies to myself too.
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Every child should at least grow up in family rather than without one.
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Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.
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As long as the Pentagon bankrolls the Pakistan army to fight its wars, and NATO troops remain in Afghanistan, there will be quarrels, charges of infidelity, a reduction in the household allowance, perhaps a separation - but a divorce? Never.
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No one wants to work with a difficult star. I want to be the nice guy.
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Richard Lester is a wonderful director, a great comedy director, of course.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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Writing about 2,000 words in three hours every morning, 'Casino Royale' dutifully produced itself. I wrote nothing and made no corrections until the book was finished. If I had looked back at what I had written the day before I might have despaired.
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I'm inhabiting a life I'm not supposed to be in... and at certain times in my life, I have felt a wrongness. And not a moral wrongness but a sense that this isn't what I was born to be doing.
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I love Japan, and Tokyo is my favorite city.
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The substance of what it means to be a geek is essentially someone who's brave enough to love something against judgment. The heart of being a geek is a little bit of rejection.
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No matter where I am in the world, I will always be back home for Christmas.
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What's so brave about being bald? I've not fought for my country or found the cure for cancer - I've just gone out without my hat on!
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Leaders are focused on using their vision and courage to do great things. This means challenging the way things are done and then sharing the journey with others.
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I grew up in a scientific world, the son of a neurosurgeon.
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Prediction by analogy -creativity - is so pervasive we normally don't notice it.
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I was a general business major, which meant that in any business school and particularly at Smith School, which is a very good school, you do a lot of team projects. Well I was the guy who gave the presentations for the team projects.
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As great as Ed is, the wisdom out here is that he can't carry a movie. They'll pay him $3 million to be the second banana in Julia Roberts things. But they won't put up $3 million for an Ed Harris movie.
