Evan Esar Quotes
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People get TV deals by doing something in their grandmother's basement. It is definitely the wave. Everybody is trying to do all that stuff. I mean, the Internet is the only reason that I've gotten work is because I've somehow created a line and people have seen it. And then I've been asked to auditions.
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Do you know why I don't like doing press? I have trouble condensing things. I'd rather have a conversation.
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Student cartoonists as well as professionals should always be careful that they're not doing a cartoon that already has been done.
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It is not weird for a dad to be doing the dishes, the laundry, and taking the kids to school, and read them stories for bed.
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I was doing community theater since I was about nine.
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I hate auditions - when I'm doing them, I can't wait to get out the bleeding door.
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Doing leads more surely to talking than talking to doing.
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I actually love doing comedy!
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When you're writing a book, you don't really think about it critically. You don't want to know too well what you're doing. First, you write the book, then you find the justification for it.
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The truth is, if we have our own reasons for doing something - reasons that we endorse - we're more likely to do it; we're more likely to stick with it.
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I love doing kids' films.
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Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.
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I think female-centric films shouldn't be only about thriller or horror. Angelina Jolie has been doing all kinds of stuff.
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Scientists and academics in particular focus on detail and the minutiae. When they talk to each other, they usually don't focus on the broad ideas; they don't focus on social interconnectedness. They focus on the task that they're doing.
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I love discovering compelling new ideas and doing what I can to help spread the word about them.
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Bruce Sterling is one terrific writer and he's relatively new, but I don't know how long he's been doing it; he probably doesn't need the publicity anymore!
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I never wanted to be a director. I came into this industry by the little door, so I never learned anything; I never went to school. Actors will tell you I'm very precise. I just have the intuition of doing things.
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Doing the long lines - it looks easy when actresses do it: they just say it straight up, looks like they do nothing wrong, they just keep going, but it's not like that.
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I'm not one of those people who needs that gratification of doing, like, 10 films a year.
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There was only one sentence in it. ‘Tell no one about the 99 steps. Monsieur Neuf’!”
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Once you're a chess player, you spend a lot of time thinking about the game and you can't get it completely out of your head.
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I don't run the triathlons anymore like I used to. I do leg work on the machines and do the bike. I'm not as strong as I used to be, but I'm still good.
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I really believe in the power of music.
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Somebody is always doing something that somebody else said couldn't be done.
