Melina Matsoukas Quotes
For me, the scariest moment is walking on set before we shoot the first shot, and I am so anxious. It's a lot of pressure, and it's scary, and I don't think that fear ever goes away.
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all.
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Like a child star whose fame fades as the years advance, many once-innovative companies become less so as they mature.
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Creating things sometimes is difficult.
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Unfortunately, what many people forget is that judges are just lawyers in robes.
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If the girl is good looking and talented, and for some reason the film doesn't work, she gets a second chance. But if subsequent films don't work, she gets branded as an 'iron leg.' The whole thing gets negative.
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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At school, I was a tomboy, and it would be me and all my guy friends.
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I really want to try soccer after I retire because I've watched football over the years and I think I could be a good contender.
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You get caught up in hitting home runs and seeing how far you can hit them, and your swing changes.
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I become a first-time novelist and a senior citizen on the same day.
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When I give somebody something and see their face, it just makes me so happy.
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I don't accept any money, free products, or anything else of value from the companies whose products I cover or from their public relations or advertising agencies.
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When I got to Florida, I was a British kid, but I was also an Indian kid: a brown kid with an English accent. Talk about being an outsider. And that's become the theme of a lot of the stuff I write about.
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Dirk Nowitzki has been my hero for many years.
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When my dad, Tommy Tucker Kelly, was about six, he started out with his dad on 'The Black and White Minstrel' Shows.
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For me, insomnia was something ordinary, and it came and went for ordinary reasons.
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There will always be women who say, 'She doesn't represent me.' In retrospect, these things are gifts, because it forces me to step up and defend what I'm doing.
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I've done movies for certain reasons; I did 'Anaconda' because the black man lives. Simple. The black man isn't dead in the first three pages, like Jurassic Park. It's like, 'The black man kills the snake with a Latino girl? Damn! I got to do this.'
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Agonies are one of my changes of garments.
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I loved scary movies growing up.
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I'd say my greatest fear is fear itself.
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For me, the scariest moment is walking on set before we shoot the first shot, and I am so anxious. It's a lot of pressure, and it's scary, and I don't think that fear ever goes away.
