Robert Zemeckis Quotes
Working with actors who are directors is magnificent. Because they understand the art form intimately, and they know exactly how everything works.
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Drug manufacturers could afford to sell AIDS drugs in Africa at virtually any discount. The companies said they did not do so because Africa lacked the requisite infrastructure.
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If you are attempting to study American history, and you don't understand the force of white supremacy, you fundamentally misunderstand America.
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I have trusted to my intuition to find the subjects, and I have written intuitively. I have an idea when I start, I have a shape; but I will fully understand what I have written only after some years.
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It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.
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Poor countries are poor because they are wasting their resources.
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I'm a big believer in living life as an extended working vacation.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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Perhaps if all the peoples of the world understand what war really means, we would eliminate it.
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My first novel was a challenge to myself. No one had an inkling that I was working on it.
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At school, I got teased because I was so thin and awkward-looking.
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I prefer working in good cinema, wherever it is. I like subjects that have a universal appeal.
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Something even minor I do is going to be reported because of things that have happened in the past. You have to be aware of that.
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I haven't written about an immigrant experience because I haven't experienced that before and am focused on existential themes.
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To understand Europe, you have to be a genius - or French.
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I didn't even understand the whole idea of Hollywood.
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I have come to understand that in order to effectively advance women's rights, we need to galvanize a global women's movement.
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I think that 'Mary Poppins' needs a subtle reader, in many respects, to grasp all its implications, and I understand that these cannot be translated in terms of the film.
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There's no such thing as a healthy tan, and that's what people need to understand.
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I got a job as soon as I could - 11 or 12. I started babysitting and then I got a part-time job at a pharmacy in England. I just remember loving the feeling of going out and buying my own clothes! I'd go bargain-hunting and get secondhand vintage stuff.
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I always assumed that everyone knew no country would ever be awarded a World Cup without pricey gifts exchanging hands under the tables.
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Turn down the volume of your negative inner voice and create a nurturing inner voice to take it’s place. When you make a mistake, forgive yourself, learn from it, and move on instead of obsessing about it. Equally important, don’t allow anyone else to dwell on your mistakes or shortcomings or to expect perfection from you.
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All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some gratification, while anger and pride have power, even though that power eventually destroys itself. Envy is impotent, numbed with fear, never ceasing in its appetite, and it knows no gratification, but endless self torment. It has the ugliness of a trapped rat, which gnaws its own foot in an effort to escape.
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Commit to what you love - that's important. Believe in yourself and try as much as possible to do everything you do from a place of love. Not labor, but love.
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Working with actors who are directors is magnificent. Because they understand the art form intimately, and they know exactly how everything works.
