Jonathan Demme Quotes
I also feel that the only thing more gratifying than working with someone who you've worked well with is working with someone new and coming up with something great.
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I had a great AP U.S. History teacher in Pittsburgh. We still exchange Christmas cards. She was the first teacher who said I was a good writer - and I'd never heard that before. And so I remember that, and I remember that level of loving the material and really loving writing about it.
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Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.
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I've been a fan of Burberry for a very long time and they've been so supportive of me for many years.
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Don't sell credits; don't sell walk-on roles... If people want to back you, they'll back you. But if you have to entice people will walk-on roles and crazy credits, you're undermining yourself.
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I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and I have always carried on this way.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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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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Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.
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Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.
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I made a commitment to myself; that I wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to do films that make a difference. It has to move people.
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I just try to write entertaining books that are easily identifiable.
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It's very difficult for my body to recover after workouts now that I'm older, so we have to keep them short, which means they're extremely difficult and intense. It sucks.
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And for a very special group of people, we've provided their only job. I'm speaking of course of the disabled. They have stated they don't want a hand out just a hand. We are happy to give them one.
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I like working in theatre now and I think that once you've done a certain amount of films most actors love working in the theatre because of the camaraderie.
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Self-exploration is very painful, but unless you do that, you will never know who you are and who you want to be.
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I have a dining room done in different shades of white, with white cushions embroidered in yellow silk: the effect is absolutely delightful and the room beautiful.
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People may get tired of hearing from me, but I don't think I'll ever run out of things that I want to write about.
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The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
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Working with children is a whole other ball game. They're like little animals. You have to keep the camera turned on them all the time. Sometimes it takes a 41-minute take to get one sentence out in a believable way.
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If you want to reap financial blessings, you have to sow financially.
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Compassion is not a dirty word. Compassion is not a sign of weakness. In my view, compassion in politics and in public policy is in fact a hallmark of great strength. It is a hallmark of a society which has about it a decency which speaks for itself.
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Give them pleasure – the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.
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To be able to make up stories has been a great gift to me from my ancestors and from the storytellers who were so numerous at Laguna Pueblo when I was growing up. I learned to read as soon as I could because I wanted stories without having to depend on adults to tell or read stories to me.
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I also feel that the only thing more gratifying than working with someone who you've worked well with is working with someone new and coming up with something great.
