Evan Dando Quotes
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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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My only career strategy is to just not do anything that I have to be completely ashamed of afterwards! Whether it's TV or movies, I feel lucky to be working.
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I don't write the books. God writes the books and delivers the speeches.
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Doing voices in animated movies has been one of my dreams. You get to go and act, and you don't have to put on makeup.
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I, for one, am tired of seeing movies about men damaging each other.
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I've always been a huge fan of the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies.
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I think books and movies are going to go a long way together in the future. I think we writers are very important material for directors.
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I think of all my movies as home movies! It's just that some are more expensive than others.
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I was a hired drummer for 3 Doors; there wasn't an opportunity for me to write.
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I got it into my head that I was going to be starring in movies that I wrote, so that's what I did. I stopped acting in all things, and I wrote my first script, which was optioned a week after I finished it.
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I don't think there are that many awesome roles out there, whether we're talking about movies or TV.
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There's so much that goes into a film that I feel like it's a bit arrogant to say, 'Oh, I never watch my own movies.' Well, it's not just you. There's a whole host of other people. So much skill goes into it. But I would say it does take a couple times seeing it to get a level of perspective.
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I write in the studio.
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I've always had a fantasy to write a cookbook, because everyone wants to know what a model eats.
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I'm really not a journalist, and I don't do a ton of newsy pieces. Occasionally I'll write about something that's going on recently, but I really don't do a ton of stuff that's tied to current events.
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I can write with absolutely perfect penmanship with my feet. If I broke both my arms, I could still write a girl a love letter using just my toes.
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Me and Woody Harrelson, we're twins. We're the same person. I should only make movies with him.
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When you get divorced, you have to go through this awful thing of listing everything you own. When you actually sit down and write the list, you realize that the only good investments are art and property.
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The role of designers and product makers is to really become much better editors. What kind of functionality is actually needed - and truly delightful - to consumers? Remove all the extraneous stuff.
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Everybody has their demons; everyone has their challenges.
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All rappers exaggerate.
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The thing that's wonderful about social media is that we are able to give a voice to the voiceless and to help educate each other. I benefit from it as much as I provide those lessons.
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Rock stars wanting to write is even worse than wanting to act in movies, right?
