Jonathan Levine Quotes
I just think a lot of movies are too long. I want to know how to make my movie as tight as possible.
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I always point out to my Passover guests that the Hebrews were not living in isolation. They were at the crossroads of several great, elaborate cultures with their own mythology and religion and art and architecture and cultural belief. In fact, so many of the mythologies of the world describe the same events, just from different points of view.
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God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep, but permit them to do their work until divinely called to something higher.
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I think writers have to be proactive: they've got to use new technology and social media. Yes, it's hard to get noticed by traditional publishers, but there's a great deal of opportunity out there if you've got the right story.
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The worst thing for an effective war on terror is the suspicion of states about the objectives.
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One minute you're a slug and the next minute you're a hero, so you don't know what to think.
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If you do well as an actor, a good director will pick up on it, and keep it in the film.
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All of these mechanisms we have for celebrating are so double-edged. So much sorrow comes out of joy.
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Floyd Mayweather is in the sport to give great performances.
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The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.
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The two championship contenders, Dario Franchitti and Will Power, are starting right next to each other in the middle of the grid. Honestly, if I can be fast enough early in the race to be able to get up there and latch onto those two, it will be pure entertainment. It's going to be a pack race, and you never know how that's going to turn out.
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My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.
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There's a lot of garbage, and then there are those ones that just stand out so incredibly. You fight for those roles; you do everything in your power to get it.
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If I grew up in 'da hood,' it would make my story so much more interesting - if I had something to escape from. I had a pretty good life. My parents weren't rich; they weren't poor. I wasn't trying to escape from anything. It was always just the pursuit of something cooler.
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We live a happy life, and we don't take anything too seriously.
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Change is inevitable. Things absolutely cannot stay the same. The type of change we invoke is up to each and every one of us.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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I don't recognize my former self. Like I'm on the outside looking in at my life. Who is that guy?
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One individual can begin a movement that turns the tide of history. Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement, Mohandas Ganhi in India, Nelson Mandela in South Africa are examples of people standing up with courage and non-violence to bring about needed changes.
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In many respects, my best friends were dogs.
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Every time I make something I think about the people who are going to see it and every time I see something, I think about the person who made it.
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I usually decide if I'm going to do a movie based on if I like the script or not. I thought 'Pulling Strings' had every single element that a classic romantic comedy needs to be a success. It's very well written. The cast was amazing. It was a decision I made based on the power of the script.
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There is time to go long, time to go short and time to go fishing.
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For so long, it was just my secret. It burned inside me, and I felt like I was carrying something important, something that made me who I was and made me different from everybody else. I took it with me everywhere, and there was never a moment when I wasn't aware of it. It was like I was totally awake, like I could feel every nerve ending in my body. Sometimes my skin would almost hurt from the force of it, that's how strong it was. Like my whole body was buzzing or something. I felt almost, I don't know, noble, like a medieval knight or something, carrying this secret love around with me.
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I just think a lot of movies are too long. I want to know how to make my movie as tight as possible.
