Stephen McHattie (Stephen McHattie Smith) Quotes
I'm not sure I like making movies that my kids can't go to, but that's just how it is.
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Most of my friends from college became dental hygienists or went into retail, a lot went into sales. They all started getting married and having kids and buying homes and I was still living like a college student.
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I don't have a lot of patience for boring arthouse movies.
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When I write for kids, I have to make sure they know what can't happen. They have to know it's a fantasy. But when I write for adults, they have to think it's real. Every detail has to be real or they won't buy it.
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I was eight years old when I knew I wanted to be an actress. I slowly started by getting into commercials, and then I was an extra on a TV show. And then the movies happened.
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I didn't do the typical things that young kids do.
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Kids should be naughty and go through that rebellious phase I didn't have.
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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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War is society's dirty work, usually done by kids cleaning up failures perpetrated by adults.
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When you have kids, for me, it really changed me. I was always empathetic to other children, but now I'm so much more sensitive to children that aren't my own.
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I don't need to write comics for a living. I have movies and TV for that. I write comics for one reason and one reason only: I love comics. I love the form, the structure, the storytelling process, I love everything about it.
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There are so many movies people make just to make money.
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Just as we send young American Jews to Israel through the Birthright program, we need to also consider a 'reverse Birthright' for Israeli kids to come see America.
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There's nothing better than going to the movies and going into another world, and forgetting about everything that's happening outside.
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When so much money is involved in these movies, someone somewhere is going to try to screw you.
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If your kids attend school and grades are up that will make $1,000 contributions to some 10,000 kids across the country, are challenging kids to learn foreign languages or challenging kids to get summer jobs or seek summer enrichment opportunities?
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A lot of women say to me, 'You know, I really hated you because my kids wanted you to be their mother.'
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I've made movies that cost less than one car chase.
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That three-foot putt is tough for me right now! I'm not making too many putts.
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I went to a Catholic school with 40 kids total. There were no cliques, but I suppose I was the 'sporty good girl.'
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New York City has no need to move on from 9/11 because, in a sense, it moved on days after, moments after.
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I hope people don't think I'm crazy, because I'm not.
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As for collaboration - I have done a lot, 26 books, and found publishers increasingly resistive to them. It's not that the books are bad; editors won't even read them.
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You find that being vulnerable is the only way to allow your heart to feel true pleasure that's so real it scares you. You find strength in knowing you have a true friend and possibly a soul mate who will remain loyal to the end.
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I'm not sure I like making movies that my kids can't go to, but that's just how it is.
