Jon Watts Quotes
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When I was, like, 16, I went in to the head of Disney, and I hadn't taken acting class really at all, and I didn't know what I was doing, and it was really embarrassing. Of course, you think Disney wants over-the-top and funny, and I was just trying to be over-the-top and funny, and it just wasn't working, and that was the worst.
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I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.
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A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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Many writers from the suburbs of history, such as Ireland and Argentina, produced more original work than their counterparts in the United States; they still seem to.
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A career in showbiz is like a distance run. You have to have patience and pace yourself.
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I've been too many places. I'm like the bad penny.
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One of my favorite episodes was the one in which Homer grew hair. That was a very unique episode, since there was a gay secretary, but that wasn't even the issue of the show-the issue was Homer's image changing because he had hair.
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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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I am surrounded by great people.
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Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world.
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Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that's what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.
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You have a new role: family caregiver. It's a role nobody applies for. You don't expect it. You won't be prepared. You probably won't even identify yourself as a caregiver.
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I'd always wanted to be on Broadway one day, but it seemed like a dream that might be unattainable. This business has a lot of ups and downs and I learned that pretty quickly.
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Since I was 10 years old, I knew I wanted to sail around the world.
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I can bat in the morning, afternoon, evening, night, on ice, desert, wherever and whenever. It is almost nirvana for me. It takes me away from the stresses of life.
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It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.
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I really like one-on-one, rich relationships.
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For me, fighting is just so fun; I love it. It's just what I enjoy doing, and for me to go out there and go wake boarding and go rock climbing and then turn around and go fight, how awesome is that?
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Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces.
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Being second generation in Hollywood is complicated: Success is expected, and yet the track record of the second generation is not great. Only a small group of us, like Jane Fonda, have succeeded.
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There's no great shame in having your nose fixed.
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I think it would be great to have more female directors making huge-budget movies.
