Eve Arnold Quotes
A studio session ... provides the greatest chance for control. Even though there is total freedom, I still dislike studio photography and the contrived images that usually stem from this genre.
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To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious. There are far worse things awaiting man than death.
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I completely get the drag thing.
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Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it.
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I don't really care that much about eating. But I like impressing people with how good a cook I am. So I will cook. I'm an excellent cook. Not many people know that about me.
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How are we doing in the electronics field as opposed to, you know, we hear how advanced the Japanese are? Do you think we're still pretty competitive? Oh, yes.
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I love sport and will do just about anything. Someone said they'd had a go at skiing off a mountain with a parachute, and that sounds great!
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I am doing characters that have so many layers. And I am very lucky that I show a lot of variety.
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Weeks go by, and I don't talk to another living soul.
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Painting is something that requires a lot of time - it's not just one good idea out of art school.
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Our plans for 'Superman?' I can't say. This is the most super secret thing ever. It's like working for the government, like I'm on a covert mission.
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I feel like with 'Chuck,' because it was a comedy-based show, it was more cartoon-ish. It was just more playful. We had a lot more fun with it. There was a lot of silliness in there. There were serious moments, as well, and there was a lot of heart in that show, but its baseline was comedy.
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A woman would pitch a joke. Nothing. Then a guy would pitch it and everybody would laugh.
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Some people may have their doubts about me. But I feel like there's no shot too hard for me to take.
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We have the sort of beautiful older woman here in Paris. People like Loulou de la Falaise and Betty Catroux, all these beautiful looking women over 60... So there is culture here in France that even if you are older, you can stay beautiful.
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So I just play the character, I play the lines.
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My father, he really encouraged me to really get into acting. He loved it so much, and he taught all the basics.
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In Quebec, we're less inhibited artistically, culturally, politically. We're less focused on box office and comparing our films to the American films.
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Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear to be bright until you hear them speak.
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Happiness consists not in having, but of being, not of possessing, but of enjoying. It is the warm glow of a heart at peace with itself.
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I grew up on the stage, and there's no two ways about it: you only get one chance to do your bit.
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The most effective way of attacking vice is to expose it to public ridicule. People can put up with rebukes but they cannot bear being laughed at: they are prepared to be wicked but they dislike appearing ridiculous.
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There are two kinds of photographers: those who compose pictures and those who take them. The former work in studios. For the latter, the studio is the world... For them, the ordinary doesn't exist: every thing in life is a source of nourishment.
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A studio session ... provides the greatest chance for control. Even though there is total freedom, I still dislike studio photography and the contrived images that usually stem from this genre.
