Abigail Disney Quotes
When you make your first film at 47 and anybody but your mother goes to see it, to me, that's a miracle.
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I like going after good material, well-written material.
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It's true that I run a multi-national group but I have no interests in India. So please tell me, what should my identity be?
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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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I don't care what the critics say or think because I care for and love my fans.
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I was playing sports all the time, and my parents, Anne and John, encouraged me to play in grade school and high school.
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It was inevitable at some point that I would bump into one of my father's plays. The reality of the situation is that I'm a jobbing actor, and any actor would give their eye-teeth to have one of those roles. It's a no-brainer! I'm pleased the stars have aligned around 'Arcadia.'
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Weddings are really good for making you feel terrible about yourself if you're not where you want to be in life.
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I wanna create a character that's really memorable... like Julia Roberts did in 'Pretty Woman.'
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Censorship is advertising paid by the government.
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People sometimes recognize me here, but they are very nice.
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Somebody once told me I shouldn't try to change Hollywood. That isn't my point at all. I don't want Hollywood to change me.
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I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.
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I did documentaries for maybe 10 years before I turned to fiction films.
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I am a free man. I don't need to earn money. But I need to love what I do.
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You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
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I'm not a Man U fan at all, but I can't get enough of Rooney. What a joy to watch!
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It's funny how it usually works out that I end up dying. It sort of works out, because by the time I die, I'm usually tired of working on that particular movie, so I look forward to it.
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Every time a blast happens, people ask, 'But why would someone do this?' Weirdly, it hasn't been answered well anywhere - neither in fiction nor non-fiction.
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Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation.
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There are checks and balances and broad separation of powers under the Constitution. Each organ of the State, i.e. the legislature, the executive and the judiciary, must have respect for the others and not encroach into each other's domain.
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We all self-conscious. I'm just the first to admit it.
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If people are failing, they look inept. If people are succeeding, they look strong and good and competent. That's the 'halo effect.' Your first impression of a thing sets up your subsequent beliefs. If the company looks inept to you, you may assume everything else they do is inept.
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The Imagination that is raised in man (or any other creature imbued with the faculty of imagining) by words, or other voluntary signs, is that we generally call Understanding; and is common to Man and Beasts.
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When you make your first film at 47 and anybody but your mother goes to see it, to me, that's a miracle.
