Michael Arndt Quotes
In live-action, writing, production and editing happen in discrete stages. In animation, they overlap - happening simultaneously. This allows a real dialogue to occur between the writer, the director, the actors and the editor, and it makes the writing process a lot more collaborative and a lot less lonely.
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After leaving school, I travelled around Europe for about six months. In Denmark, I thought that was my chance to get an amazing haircut, so I went to what I thought was a great hairdresser. It turned out to be the car wash of hairdressers, and I walked out sporting yet another pudding bowl, but this time with a stripe bleached down the centre.
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Archery requires very sensitive muscles.
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Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts.
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Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?
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The accepted definition of a serial killer is a person who kills at least three times with a cooling off period in between his murders.
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I'm a military guy. I'm not a political character.
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Obama is a great man who's just beginning to understand the realities. And I'm not just saying that because he reads my books. I would have voted for him anyway.
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Hydrogen holds great promise to meet many of our future energy needs, and it addresses national security and our environmental concerns. Hydrogen is the simplest, most abundant element in the universe.
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As opposed to journalists, politicians cannot make do with questions. They must also offer answers.
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I'm sure I wouldn't have been asked to judge the Man Booker if it weren't for 'Downton.'
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We will explore the mysteries of science and harness the power of technology and innovation. We will realise the opportunities of the digital world. Our youth will learn more from - and with - each other.
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I wanted to really ingrain myself in the culture and the people. And I apologize about having an allergy to dairy products that gives me some irritable bowels, but other than that, I mean, I've embraced just about everything else Wisconsin - especially when it comes to sports, but also the people and the interactions with our fans.
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You have to have something worth saying and then the ability to say it- writing's a double skill, really.
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I will try to keep my homily brief. But be warned - I'm Irish.
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Quien ha visto con los ojos abiertos, puede volver a ver, pero con los ojos cerrados.
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My fairy-tale life ended the moment I wanted to apply for a passport.
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It's a heavy feeling being in Washington. There are so many important issues at risk. You're in a fighting stance every day.
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We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders.
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Heaven must be an awfully dull place if the poor in spirit live there.
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'Elementary, my dear Watson, elementary,' murmured Psmith. (Earlier usage of the precise words 'Elementary, my dear Watson' has been found in the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.)
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By having a little bit of knowledge about many different things, it enables me to talk to people about a subject that they would not ordinarily think I could talk about. It's a lever for me, I suppose.
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Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton and I were the first female headliners, where we would book our own opening acts. Before that, it was a standing joke that it was more like we had 'pretty little girl singers' opening for a male headliner.
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I never thought I was going to be a comedian.
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In live-action, writing, production and editing happen in discrete stages. In animation, they overlap - happening simultaneously. This allows a real dialogue to occur between the writer, the director, the actors and the editor, and it makes the writing process a lot more collaborative and a lot less lonely.
