Josh Klinghoffer Quotes
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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
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I love the game and I am so lucky to be able to do what I love.
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I've had the good fortune to have a much more diverse life than most people would, professional sports and television and news and movies.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.
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I'll have the chance to do a production number on A Capitol Fourth.
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It's such a weird self-confidence that an artist has - to conceive of this thing that serves no function and say, 'I'm going to really work hard for it and give it and it's just going to matter to people.' You really have to believe it all on your own.
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It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.
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I was always kind of florid. And full of rhetoric. That was my flaw. My whole time writing, I've had to work against that because it can be a wrecking posture.
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I know my fans want me on the screen. But I think hero-worship should not be allowed to corrupt the plot and narrative of a film.
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The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning - in other words, of absurdity - the more energetically meaning is sought.
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I think that music and visual arts can complement themselves nicely. They do different things - the music forces you into a different mood and perspective whilst the visual stuff can engage you in a more direct cognitive manner.
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Darwin's idea of natural selection makes people uncomfortable because it reverses the direction of tradition.
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I'm just going to go with it for as long as it lasts.
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I can imagine the writers of China, England and France, crippled and unsure of themselves when they feel that the ghosts of Confucius, Mencius, Chaucer and Shakespeare and Victor Hugo are looking over their shoulders.
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As a New Yorker, or wherever I am, I just want to know I can get our of the house in five minutes if I have to and not have to spend a bunch of time obsessing in the mirror, trying on a million different options. Now, I just know what works.
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I have people who say, 'You should dress up like this, or you should dress more modest; you should cover up more.' And then, at the other end of the spectrum, you have, like, 'Why are you still wearing your scarf? You're in America, you know.'
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Among those who are satisfactory in this respect it is desirable to have represented as great a diversity of intellectual tradition, social milieu and personal character as possible.
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Therefore the love which us doth bind, But Fate so enviously debars, Is the conjunction of the mind, And opposition of the stars.
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People have their guard down when they're laughing, so they're open to tougher conversations they wouldn't necessarily have. If somebody is guarded while laughing, they're a weirdo.
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Forgive me, but what is the purpose of drama but catharsis?
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Suicide is the most private and mysterious of acts, inexplicable because the chief actor is never there to explain it.
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Fame is definitely a monster: it can suck you in and spit you out and change you. The biggest challenge is to remain yourself regardless of what people say about you.
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We live in a time where there's a required instant gratification from audiences. That's a fun challenge in terms of putting together this teaser, picking and choosing how much you're actually giving away.
