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 find that with period pieces, you're sort of able to really take advantage of what's around you because prop-wise, wardrobe-wise and location-wise, it's all so specific due to that time.
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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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You don't have to get it right the first time.
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I think that we have to do our job well, investigate thoroughly and then describe very honestly what we see to the Security Council. And some of the things might please people there and other things may not please the people.
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I've been thinking about disowning some of my genes lately. I have a few healthy, happy, long-living optimists in my family tree - most of them fans of Christian Science founder Mary Baker Eddy, a major champion of positive thinking. But I've got plenty of ancestors who played out more tortured hands.
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When you go away, you see where you come from in a different light. I see Scotland, and the rest of Britain, as much more exotic than I used to.
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Business models that are relevant today are not relevant tomorrow and were not in existence yesterday.
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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.
