Eric Rohmer Quotes
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I was shy. I was painfully shy, until fifth grade when I transferred to another school and befriended the class clown. And one day he was sick and I kinda stepped in for the class clown and I said, 'Wow, this is exciting, I'm a little bit nervous.'
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Today, not to take away from any of the present artists, but music has gotten a little shallow, in my opinion. Everybody's talking about the same thing: sex, money, clothes, cheating... I want to open up not necessarily better conversations, but, in my opinion, more important ones, and touch on things that are actually going on.
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My interest in magic was kindled by Steve Martin, the comedian I'd gone to high school with.
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I think it's time we all agree that gender stereotypes are simply the confabulation of our own mind.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have to shut it.
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No, you will never see me on 'Dancing With the Stars.' Sorry.
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What I do miss that I don't get anymore? You're going to think I'm crazy, but you want the truth, so here it is. The lights! I miss the spotlights. I don't mean it figuratively. I mean it literally. I love the feeling of lights.
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No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.
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The principle though remains the same, and the important thing is CBS fought hard, very hard, to protect that principle and will fight again.
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I wasn't anything special as a father. But I loved them and they knew it.
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You just keep moving forward and doing what you do and hope that it resonates with people. And if it doesn't, you just keep moving on until you find a project that does.
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'Matterhorn' is my metaphor of the Vietnam War - we built it, we abandoned it, we assaulted it, we lost, and then we abandoned it again.
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I had a very difficult relationship with my father, which ended up okay, but there were many difficult years.
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I've been a video game guy since I was eight years old and got my first Nintendo. I've been addicted to video games ever since.
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Old age is not a disease - it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments, trials and illnesses.
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When I got out of high school, I was working in restaurants in New York City, when I heard Bill Anderson from The Neighborhood Playhouse was doing private lessons. I started taking classes, and it was a lot of improv and Meisner and repetition.
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A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
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It's a contract of connection to be in the same space and watch and listen to stories and be caught in them. When you're in a theater, your brain expands because somebody in the theater may do something or respond to something that you wouldn't have.
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Growing up, people would always say, 'You have such a pretty face.' It's kind of backhanded. That's the kind of things we have to stomach.
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I understand only three things - films, fitness, and food.
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Consider this 're-make' business that is taking away opportunities for new ideas and new films to happen. If the movie was made right the first time, why make it again? The only reason this is happening is it has become a safer way for the Studios.
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A good film is also a documentary.
