Jose Padilha Quotes
If you publish a scientific paper it is very hard to start a nationwide debate about something. If you do this in a movie, you can start a debate. We like to create a bridge between those two worlds - film and science.
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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I'm a big fan of Katy Perry.
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People are stunned to hear that one company has data files on 185 million Americans.
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Once I actually get in the studio and I start working, I'm fine, but it's just getting there and these hours of torment with myself and self doubt, thinking 'I'm useless' and 'Who am I, conning myself into thinking I can do it again.'
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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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On many different singles, I was able to marry my music with rappers who understood the natural bond between us.
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It is not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.
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When in Rome, do as you done in Milledgeville.
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As a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth.
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I just want to be myself and be real and be funny.
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I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing to generate different readings, without ever being completely consumed.
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I'm almost completely without family and it's a very odd feeling in life. I have no children.
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People think they have to give up things to make a difference to the world, but you don't have to.
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I fell in love with acting. I thought, 'This is what I want to do.'
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Being a musician, it's my job to be real and be true to whoever I am. Hopefully that will inspire other people. I hope it inspires people to be themselves and be comfortable in your own skin.
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I try to play my game and that's being emotional because I'm that kind of guy.
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Palestine is the issue, and until this issue is resolved, there can be no peace.
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In Mexico, theater is very underground, so if you're a theater actor it's very difficult to make a living. But it's also a very beautiful pathway to knowledge and to an open education.
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He conquers who endures.
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At the end of the day, it is just a movie, and we should remember that we're doing it for the audience, and we should have fun doing it. If we have fun doing it, it will come across on the screen.
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I think they're an incredible honor. I'm grateful and flattered by them. But I have no control over winning awards - I have no control over any of that.
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I started drawing when I was about 2, mostly pictures of my mother and my sister. When I got into school, instead of taking the notes that I should have been taking, I was drawing in all of my notebooks. It was an artwork thing for me at first.
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If you publish a scientific paper it is very hard to start a nationwide debate about something. If you do this in a movie, you can start a debate. We like to create a bridge between those two worlds - film and science.
