Stephen Frears (Stephen Arthur Frears) Quotes
The only way you can learn about making films is by making them, by putting your stamp on the thing.
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Music seems hard-wired into our very being. It moves us, stirs us to action, sets us in motion, sticks in our memories and minds.
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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If I'm confirmed, I'll be myself.
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I'm a cynic about corporate democracy and boards.
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It's the irrational things that interest me.
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Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
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I got a manager, and I thought, since I was going out on auditions, I should do this for a living. Then there was this moment on set when I realized I was having a lot of fun, and I really wanted to do this forever.
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My favorite toy as a kid was Legos. I loved building things, and that's what we're doing with SumZero.
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If people don't have a job, they're not too interested in how you intend for them to have a job. They want to see results.
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The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.
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I think people inspire me the most. If I meet a person who is incredibly complex, and all of a sudden, I start thinking in rhymes, that person could be a muse.
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I can't play a character that I am judging.
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Mother Nature made me the way I am, and I should be happy.
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'Matterhorn' is my metaphor of the Vietnam War - we built it, we abandoned it, we assaulted it, we lost, and then we abandoned it again.
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I do spend a lot of weekends on the road. I have to pace myself. It can be pretty busy, but I'm not out in the Afghan desert with 70 pounds on my back, away from my family for a year at a time. I keep a good perspective on it.
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When I was at Brown, I wanted to write the great American novel, but I was too scared to take a creative course. I signed up for one, got in, and just didn't have the courage to go. I was a tremendously shy person, almost pathologically shy. The thought of peers critiquing my work - oh, God.
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The strength of democratic societies relies on their capacity to know how to stand firm against extremism while respecting justice in the means used to fight terrorism.
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Anyone who has seen me spin that heavy, giant wheel on television knows that I'm not a steroid user.
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I didn't want to look like anyone else - like Janis Joplin or Grace Slick. That's why I never went to any of the big designers.
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Faith must have adequate evidence, else it is mere superstition.
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My father was a minister, and it was more my mother that had the responsibility of making sure the family put out an outward of appearance of living what he was preaching. She was the PR.
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I don't make deals, I make pictures.
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The only way you can learn about making films is by making them, by putting your stamp on the thing.
