Haaz Sleiman Quotes
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I've been told I'm too good looking for certain roles, but that's okay, it just motivates me to go deeper.
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I'm the worst at picking what movies are going to do well. I have no idea. I'm really surprised if a movie I like does well.
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It's a fact that kids watch TV. But if you think back, when you watched cowboy movies, you would go out and play cowboys. TV and movies motivate people.
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I don't know if I've ever played a character who's close to me. There have been some elements of myself in different roles. Sometimes, I show one side of myself and then completely conceal the other.
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Low budget movies make lots of money.
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I am a friend when I need to be a friend, a father when I need to be a father, a musician when music calls. I switch roles accordingly.
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We all know guys who've had their hearts broken in real life; we just don't usually see it in the movies.
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I was never a big fan of horror. I got into it making these films, but I don't ever see myself doing slasher movies. The kind of horror film I like is 'The Shining.' I don't really like slashers, but I love thrillers with tension.
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Alone is a much better film than House of the Dead and better than most horror movies out today.
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The fact of the matter is, it's hard to find good movies, period.
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I love movies where you can sense that the director risked biting off more than they can chew.
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Steven Spielberg was my idol growing up. I knew that all of his movies have a very specific message and point of view, and the always are really epic.
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I love horror movies.
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I don't need the credits for playing the blues and paying the dues. I've already done it. There are some other things to do here - movies and scores and voice-overs.
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I did direct two short movies. I learned many things, and one of the things I learned was that I am not a director. It has to be visceral, and it's not for me. I feel much more comfortable acting.
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Not everybody goes to movies to get their life changed.
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I admire James Franco. I admire somebody like Jack Nicholson. Anyone who just does movies for the sake of making movies and takes big risks.
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I go to New York to see live shows, not movies.
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You take somebody that cries their goddam eyes out over phoney stuff in the movies, and nine times out of ten they're mean bastards at heart.
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Life is best when you are in love.
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I think it's incredibly important to vote because politics is for the people, and we shouldn't leave it just to the parties because then we're in some kind of helpless society where you have no say in anything and in things that are going to affect you. Government was formed to represent the people, but if you don't vote, then you're not being represented.
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I definitely had to reassess my relationship with the internet, now that majority of my mentions are people telling me to fucking kill myself and that I'm ugly. Oh, that was dark.
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The slaves who were ourselves had known terror intimately, confused sunrise with pain, & accepted indifference as kindness.
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The bigger the movies you're in, the chances are better at getting more diverse roles.
