Niels Arden Oplev Quotes
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We are skinny; this is our work. There are lots of overweight people working in offices, but I'm not going to say, 'This girl is fat; she can't work in an office.'
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We all, as engineers, doctors, have a big responsibility to bring smiles on the faces of suffering humanity.
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When you have all these traces of trash moving around, you can ask yourself how can we make the system more efficient. Then we can make better decisions. And perhaps we will not throw away the plastic bottles that go every day to the dump.
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I feel very, very, very intent on only releasing things that I believe are fully worthy.
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Just as soaps were very pivotal in the transition from radio to television, they will be right in the thick of things again in the transition from television to the Internet. Exciting news.
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I would love to direct - or try my hand at it, anyway.
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I'm a huge fan of the first 'Independence Day.' It is amazing. When it came out in 1995, just how explosive and big it was... I loved it.
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I think it was absolutely a mistake for President Obama and Harry Reid to force a government shutdown.
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I love auditioning. Since 'The Notebook' and 'Wedding Crashers,' I don't have to audition anymore, and I miss it. You get to show your interpretation of the character. I get nervous when I don't audition. What if they hate what I want to do?
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I don't have goals in life.
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I'm not tall enough to be a model, but I wish I was 6-foot, because I love it. It's kind of artsy, and I'm artsy. And I love clothes.
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During my first visit, I was really struck by how deeply religious many Oklahomans are. It is a very conservative state and as somebody who grew up in a very liberal country, it was jarring to me at first.
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I would never shoot down any opportunity to challenge myself or stretch myself.
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I left home at 15 because Hollywood isn't the best place to grow up.
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Sometimes when you've got too much money you lose your imagination.
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I love rehearsing, but a lot of directors don't, and some actors don't.
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Until we learn to honor and respect what other people believe, I think we are doomed.
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We actually believe Windows 8 is the new era for the PC plus. We believe with a single push of a button you can move seamlessly in and out of both worlds. We believe you can have touch, a pen, a mouse, and a keyboard.
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If I can't blow to significant heights, at least I can inspire the niggas that's doing the big numbers.
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I feel like having details from their day and having a plot and action and things to do is much more revealing than having a character sitting and thinking to themselves. When I'm writing, I want people to actually have a goal, something that's dragging them forward.
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If you try to bring 'teen drama,' you end up doing nothing but pouting.
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A man is the origin of his action.
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A perfect method of adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large.
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Revenge is just a really good drive for drama and good action.
