George Mastras Quotes
I'm kind of an all-in person. If I'm going to direct I'm going to take the challenge on.
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It is shallow people who think beauty is frivolous or excessive. If you are bringing beauty and god, you are enriching the country. Rice feeds the body, books feed the mind, beauty feeds the soul. It is one thing I can really be proud of and stand tall in the world.
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I turned a lot of people in white America - and not just white America, but middle-class America - into hip-hoppers, you know?
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'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have. What's going to happen to your child if you're not around? It takes those concerns to an extreme. In the film, without me the boy has no food, no shelter, no resources at all.
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Maybe that's what life is... a wink of the eye and winking stars.
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Bands that I've loved over the years are the ones that have a certain myth around them.
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'Freaky Ali' is not a heavy film. It's a simple but inspiring film. It will inspire those who want to go from zero to hundred. People who have made an effort to achieve success from nothing will be able to connect to the character.
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I originally just wanted to be an artist.
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Good artists copy, great artists steal.
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With publicity comes humiliation.
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Progress makes us lose the feeling of a ceremony that cooking should have. It has significantly shifted our values so that now it seems to us that only activities with an economic reward are worth pursuing.
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Amazon's 'Twitch' appears to be creating a service that operates like Twitter.
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Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian.
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I find that with any good run on a show with good writers, they put something on paper, and you put something back on film, and that affects what they put on the paper the next time.
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I don't subscribe to the thinking that being typecast is a bad thing.
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I've always been fascinated by the concept of reincarnation. I learned that many brilliant people were interested in reincarnation, including Carl Jung. I'm a big Jungian. So I began writing novels involving theories integrating past and present, even if the past element in the novel took place 500 or 1,000 years ago.
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The motivation for making movies is that people actually see them.
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I'm really happy that I was raised Catholic because it's given me years of material.
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Yes, I certainly look for strong characters - whether that means they're strong in their vulnerability or strong in the way they might be attractive to lots of blokes.
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I'm a good example of someone who can come to Hollywood and keep their feet on the ground with all the rock stars, all the drama that goes with being here. It's still important to pump your own gas and to be able to vacuum.
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I find it some of the hardest photography and the most challenging photography I've ever done. It's a real challenge to work with the natural features and the natural light.
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Like blood, like good, and like agen make the happiest marriage.
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Humility is the mother of all virtues. Humility says we are not in control, principles are in control, therefore we submit ourselves to principles. Pride says that we are in control, and since our values govern our behavior, we can simply do life our way.
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I'm kind of an all-in person. If I'm going to direct I'm going to take the challenge on.
