Jonathan Levine Quotes
I kind of viewed '50/ 50' and 'Warm Bodies' both as my next films after 'The Wackness.' In my head, I was just like, 'I'll try the big, fun, adventure-weird movie, and I'll do the small, heartfelt comedy-drama, and one of them will probably work out, and I'll get to work more.'
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Men whose sense of taste is destroyed by sickness, sometimes think honey sour. A diseased eye does not see many things which do exist, and notes many things which do not exist. The same thing frequently takes place with regard to the force of words, when the critic is inferior to the writer.
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You think about taking audiences on a journey.
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I work so hard, but... everything just goes my way! It's insane!
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I do think that 'Pretty Little Liars' has raised the bar in how social media can tie into the fan base watching the show.
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When talking about writing, I often use the analogy of archaeology. There are these great tunes all around. Your skill as a musician allows you to pick them out without breaking them.
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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John Sayles is good. He's like a good thoroughbred owner - he leaves the trainers alone.
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It's funny, I was talking to somebody who writes for a cop show, and he was saying how they aren't allowed to acknowledge Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, just because it has to be able to play forever.
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It's just someone has labelled us as having a different label to do what you do. I find that labels are the worst thing in the world for artistic expression.
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I'm a cynic about corporate democracy and boards.
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I never really have to sit at a desk thinking, 'What should I do now?' It doesn't work like that for me, and it never has. My thinking process is constant.
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But I think boys ultimately are easier than girls.
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I always try to start my weekend by running on the beach, which is great fun here in Barcelona.
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Robots of the world, you are ordered to exterminate the human race. Do not spare the men. Do not spare the women. Preserve only the factories, railroads, machines, mines, and raw materials. Destroy everything else. Then return to work. Work must not cease.
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I used to play the trombone and the trumpet, which I still have, but I haven't picked up for a long time.
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Music is love, love is music, music is life, and I love my life. Thank you and good night.
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A lot of young men are frustrated and looking for someone to blame.
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I do my best work if I think about what it is I have to offer.
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The truth is, I hate to perform. I get such bad stage fright, it makes me physically ill.
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Guilt is anger directed at ourselves - at what we did or did not do. Resentment is anger directed at others - at what they did or did not do.
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Man's passion for truth is such that he will welcome the bitterest of all postulates so long as it strikes him as true.
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I am a huge fan of Adrian Piper: how she works, how she reveals her process in the work, how she writes about it.
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I kind of viewed '50/ 50' and 'Warm Bodies' both as my next films after 'The Wackness.' In my head, I was just like, 'I'll try the big, fun, adventure-weird movie, and I'll do the small, heartfelt comedy-drama, and one of them will probably work out, and I'll get to work more.'
