George Newbern Quotes
With a movie, the die is cast. It is what it is. With TV, it's a living organism in a way. Fans can have input, with the whole social media thing, and they can track what fans are liking and not liking.
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I'd work with soccer coordinators at Game Changing Films and have one or two combat training sessions with my stunt double, who's a wushu master.
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I was playing sports all the time, and my parents, Anne and John, encouraged me to play in grade school and high school.
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They used to tease me at the 'Oprah' show, 'Are you really going to do another white Shaker kitchen, with white subway tile and stainless steel appliances?' And my answer is, 'I can vary it a bit, but I'm never going to err from classic materials.'
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When in Rome, do as you done in Milledgeville.
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Publishers vet books, and they do a good job keeping out the low quality. But they also miss some good quality.
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You've got to understand, people are motivated by fun. And they should be.
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I don't believe in these headline-hunting interviews. That's just not my style.
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But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress.
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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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I will tell you that when I was heavy, people would say to me – and it was such a backhanded compliment – they would say, 'You've got such a beautiful face,' in the way of, like, 'Oh, isn't it a shame that from the neck down you're questionable.'
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Everybody that's trying to get anything progressive done in this country knows that the biggest barrier is getting money out of politics.
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People have crossed the Himalayas in flip-flops seeking a blessing from the Dalai Lama.
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When I was a kid, I wasn't making my choices based on anything other than 'Did I want to work that day?' or 'Did being in school sound more fun?' And I don't remember ever reading a script and thinking, 'Is this going to be a fun part to play?'
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A man in the house is worth two in the street.
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The England team must always be respected. They always fight to the end.
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A woman in show business isn't honest with herself... so how can she be honest with another woman? We are, all of us, acting every minute of the day and night.
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I didn't act in school. I didn't study acting, either. I learned everything when I got to New York.
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My mother always told me not to handle a buffalo by its tail, but always catch it by its horns. And I have used that lesson in everything in my life, including the Railways.
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I went to Washington to ask for a little residual payment for the people who had written films in the early, early days, people who never got any residuals on tapes or anything at all.
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I would've given my right arm to do something on the 'Ray' film, the movie about Ray Charles.
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The shortest period of time lies between the minute you put some money away for a rainy day and the unexpected arrival of rain.
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I look back on the influence my dad had on my life and career, and I just try to take the best parts of what he had.
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With a movie, the die is cast. It is what it is. With TV, it's a living organism in a way. Fans can have input, with the whole social media thing, and they can track what fans are liking and not liking.
