Scott Wilson Quotes
I will say this: the first film that I was on was 'In the Heat of the Night', that Norman Jewison directed with Sidney Poitier. I'm on the set, and I'm totally taking it for granted. Everyone is working for everyone else and pulling for the very best, and it makes everyone better because you feel that effort and concern and appreciation.
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I didn't know I wanted to act until it was around 21. I had just come back to Los Angeles after two and half years of traveling and working as a dancer and singer and was looking for a new performing art to study. I started taking acting classes and fell in love.
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The stage and working in front of a camera are two completely different mediums. Each requires different techniques.
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I promise to do everything I can to earn back the trust of everyone I've disappointed.
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Film has to describe and show.
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One thing everyone seems to agree on is that Republicans face a perceived compassion deficit.
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When it's time to film and to actually take on the role of Precious, I felt an immense responsibility to do it justice.
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For me, the whole process involves envisioning this book in my head as I'm working.
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My mom started working at the California Shakespeare Theater in Oakland when I was two years old, so I've always grown up around theater.
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That's what film can do in a way that TV and other long-form storytelling can't. It gives you this very immersive moment.
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I'm a total loner. I can't even answer texts or take my phone with me when I'm working!
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You have to understand that you are not making the film for yourself; you're making it for the audience. If I am asking my audiences to buy tickets, I owe them the worth of their money, and I owe them entertainment.
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Everyone thinks that 'Chinatown' is the best screenplay. I'm not sure it is.
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Almost everyone will find something in our services worth paying for.
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Compared with other Indian film composers, I only write about six movies a year. Others write up to 60.
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I got a job as a human rights and refugees officer, working on youth-based projects. But I realized all the kids I was working with were far more into 'The Daily Show' than the policy briefings.
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It's about working when nobody's watching.
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I make sure that whatever film I do, I enjoy my role.
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I've only used my own voice about four times on film.
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One of the most important reasons for living is to do something - live outside of yourself and put together an idea, an idea that you want to explore and then complete... Awaken your creative sensitivities!
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In five years, North Korea could have 100 nuclear weapons and be churning out more like a fast-food chef with nothing else to keep its economy going. North Korea will peddle them to the highest bidder.
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The Free Market is Mother Nature's way of organizing economic activity.
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I'm glad I was in the Navy.
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Manuscripts don't burn.
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I will say this: the first film that I was on was 'In the Heat of the Night', that Norman Jewison directed with Sidney Poitier. I'm on the set, and I'm totally taking it for granted. Everyone is working for everyone else and pulling for the very best, and it makes everyone better because you feel that effort and concern and appreciation.
