Melina Matsoukas Quotes
I like to know that my actors or my performers are going into it with the same amount of passion that I have for the project. They're as dedicated to achieving as I am.
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Effective satire has to be almost identical to the subject that it is skewering.
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Indie movies got co-opted by the studio system. The studios insisted that only stars could make movies successful.
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I've been lucky enough to have fulfilled so many ambitions, and gone way past anything I ever thought I would do. I could never have imagined the career that I've had with the Foo Fighters - playing stadiums and having songs on the radio. It's amazing, and my goal is really just to carry on playing.
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I know a lot of people who use the Internet really wisely. It enriches their lives in some way.
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Events tend to recur in cycles.
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Truth never damages a cause that is just.
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I'm completely open about the fact that I don't love every genre of metal. I like what I like. It's got to have some vocal quality and some semblance of melody.
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I love playing sports. I'm overly eager and aggressive and not very skilled, so it leads to many small injuries.
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I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't.
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We're in a world that celebrates things: success, beauty, money. And I reckon that's really about 4 per cent of the world. The rest of us are just getting on with it.
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I write novels and other things.
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All I held against Jews was that so many Jews actually were hypocrites in their claim to be friends of the American black man.
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I like to try to make the characters I play be as human as possible.
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The thing is, I've never been a handsome leading-man type, so let's not kid ourselves.
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To all the parents out there, thank you for allowing me to be a role model for your children. I really, really do not take that for granted.
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Family responsibility, yes, and always. Family bankruptcy due to the cruel rules of government, no.
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Doing new stuff live is tough just simply because I pay my money, I stand in my seats, and I see the guys I love. And if I paid that ticket, there's a good chance that I'm there to hear the stuff that made me fall in love with 'em - we call it the 'old stuff.'
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I'm an inherently happy person. It comes from the inside, which means you can achieve happiness under any circumstance.
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The majority of my audience has always been women.
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The work of art must seize upon you, wrap you up in itself, carry you away. It is the means by which the artist conveys his passion; it is the current which he puts forth which sweeps you along in his passion.
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I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural economy than intellectual goods. It's a tricky thing to try to own something that remains in your possession even after you give it to many others.
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As a director, I do very few takes, because I feel like you hire the right actor and they'll do the job right. And the directors that I've worked with and had the best luck with - Jason and [ Steven] Soderbergh and the Coen brothers - all have been that kind of director.
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Soviets always use words which mean almost the reverse of what they mean to us. So peaceful co-existence does not in any way mean peaceful.
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I like to know that my actors or my performers are going into it with the same amount of passion that I have for the project. They're as dedicated to achieving as I am.
