Jon Favreau Quotes
I think 'Chef' is about somebody who's in the middle of his life, and he's kind of lost his passion and his voice, so he seeks out some refinement and redemption.
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I think depression creates in me an urgent need to write, but I also believe that daily stress, and even the positive 'stress' of intense happiness, can compel me to express myself through the written word.
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I really enjoy comedy. It's a real challenge.
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If I had to study and work hard, it would have to have the reward of a lot of cash.
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All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can't win because I'm a progressive... because I'm a woman... even because I'm a lesbian.
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I worry that my daughters are too taken care of.
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I'm a woman who eventually will get married and have kids - adopted at this point - but I see myself with a family and less time to commit to wanting to be a lead character.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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The more you are getting older, you lose a little something. Of course there is another advantage, because of your long experience you can use it.
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To get an Army that's already fighting a war to change in stride to a total different military strategy on the ground - and to get everybody on the same page - was accomplished by the sheer force of Dave Petraeus' will.
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I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
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Failure is nature's plan to prepare you for great responsibilities.
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I have now exactly the same weight I had when I was 18, 20.
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As a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth.
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I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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Events tend to recur in cycles.
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I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot.
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We need a commander in chief that speaks the truth. We will not defeat radical Islamic terrorism so long as we have a president unwilling to utter the words 'radical Islamic terrorism'.
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We love playing music but we're too weird to play music.
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Know something about something. Don’t just present your wonderful self to the world. Constantly amass knowledge and offer it around.
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The supreme empire is that of the Emperor who renounces all normal life, that of other men, and in who the care of supremacy doesn't weigh like a load of jewels.
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I don't see myself acting for the rest of my life.
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Also expressionistic filmmaking - making the audience feel like they were inside the characters' heads. And so we create all these different types of techniques to put the audience there.
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I think 'Chef' is about somebody who's in the middle of his life, and he's kind of lost his passion and his voice, so he seeks out some refinement and redemption.
