Stephen Hunter Quotes
I suppose I was formed by too many movies and too much television. At some point I absorbed the dramatic formula.
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I don't watch a lot of television. Sports and news, that's it.
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I was never a big fan of horror. I got into it making these films, but I don't ever see myself doing slasher movies. The kind of horror film I like is 'The Shining.' I don't really like slashers, but I love thrillers with tension.
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I realise how important it is to use the time I have. I respect people who want to do that by watching television. I happen to want to read books. But I know I can't read all the books or watch all the movies in one lifetime.
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I want to make something that's respectful and respected. And I think you can make something for women that is respected on television.
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I think books and movies are going to go a long way together in the future. I think we writers are very important material for directors.
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Right now, I'm known for making movies. And I wonder if that's it. I don't know. It doesn't feel like it to me.
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Alone is a much better film than House of the Dead and better than most horror movies out today.
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When you use the word 'fair' in television, you're already in a fantasy world. Nothing is really fair in television.
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I love going to the movies; I love watching good movie actors. They must know something I don't.
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I'm very shocked when I look at television and I see such an aggressive youth and image obsession in the representation of women on our screens.
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Go see it and see for yourself why you shouldn't go see it.
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But I think the image that's thrown out on television is a bad image. Because you see players who want to imitate hip-hop stars. And the NBA is taking advantage of the situation.
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I am lucky that the Western world chooses me to play roles in their movies an television, whatever language it may be.
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My agent said, 'You aren't good enough for movies.' I said, 'You're fired.'
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I had an obsession that I was male characters from movies.
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I had two different degrees: One in International Relations/Political Science and another degree in Radio and Television Production.
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I have nothing against 3-D in theory. But I've also never run to the movies because something's in 3-D.
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I can still do clothing, movies, cartoons. I'mma get mine regardless. Whether I put an album out or not, I'm still gonna see a check.
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I go to New York to see live shows, not movies.
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You can be going through hardships sometimes, and you're struggling, and then you're wondering if you're ever gonna make it.
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Slowly we became silent, and silence itself if an enemy to friendship.
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I make films about working class people.
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Competition is the most promising means to achieve and secure prosperity. It alone enables people in their role of consumer to gain from economic progress. It ensures that all advantages which result from higher productivity may eventually be enjoyed.
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I suppose I was formed by too many movies and too much television. At some point I absorbed the dramatic formula.
