Garth Davis Quotes
I always want to work on things that really scare me and interest me at the same time, and you know, I definitely had some projects in the past that did that, but the stars never aligned in getting them up. So 'Lion' was another project that really interested me, and the stars did align on this one. It just happened to be my first film!
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It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.
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My mother is the sort of a person who has no boundaries and no filter. She also has a big ego, but it's a very unique one. And I grew up with lots of artists in an environment where conformity and the norm were totally not what anybody was after.
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And I am a conservative. Sometimes conservatives forget we are supposed to conserve, to save, to be efficient. Plus our dependence on other sources of energy is causing our country to not be independent and to really be vulnerable. So this is a security issue.
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I think as an actor you're used to having to travel, so wherever the work, is you're willing to go.
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Ah, sweet Content, where doth thine harbour hold.
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Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.
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I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us.
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I think violence can never be justified.
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In France, successive waves of Gaul, Visigoth, and Frank have swept over the land and have dominated it. But the fair hair and blue eyes and the clear skin of the conquering races have been submerged by the rising and overflow of the dusky blood of the original population.
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Lyrically, I personally lean towards venting.
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I hate running. I know I'm curvier - I know I'm small, but I'm not ripped. But I make a choice to be that way. I realize my arms aren't as toned as Halle Berry's but I don't want them to be.
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For me, and this may not be everybody, but because I do love country music so much, there's such a feeling of home in Nashville, especially because it's such a small town. You bring up one song, everybody knows who wrote it, everybody knows their mother and what their cell number is, and all of the stories.
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In a marathon, if you run too fast, you get exhausted. If you run too slow, you never make it.
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I think movies have much more magic than the theater. Theater can be a magical experience, but movies thrust their subjectivity on you in a more profound way.
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My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man.
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If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences.
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Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.
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In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune.
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I can be quite surprised by what makes me cry, but it's usually spiritual things.
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When I was onstage doing the work, adrenaline killed the pain because I never hurt in front of an audience.
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Policy makers still think that if we just hand out more money the world's problems will be solved.
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A theatre is not a blank page for editorial, it is not a soapbox or a Tannoy system: it is a conscience that wakes with what is happening in the space, and wakes further still in response to what people are making of it.
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Clearly, the court today has ignored the constitutional right and responsibility of Congress to pass laws protecting citizens from dangerous and addictive narcotics...
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I always want to work on things that really scare me and interest me at the same time, and you know, I definitely had some projects in the past that did that, but the stars never aligned in getting them up. So 'Lion' was another project that really interested me, and the stars did align on this one. It just happened to be my first film!
