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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My wife and I have a tradition of popcorn and videos with our kids on Friday evenings.
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People talk about Hollywood as a myth, but in reality, when you make Icelandic movies and you want to get them distributed in the U.S., you're not really working with Hollywood. The movies I've been making, the first one I made, I made it with Working Title, but it was financed through Universal, so it became a Hollywood production.
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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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My kids don't go back and forth; none of this 50/50 time with the mums and dads. My children live with me; that is it.
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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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If our kids want to do music, they are going to have to have a hard row to hoe just like any other band under the sun, and they're going to have to want it more than anyone else.
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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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I used to take pride if my kids were playing basketball, and I'd be there, and I wouldn't say anything. People were obviously expecting me to yell and scream at the ref and at them and everything. I wouldn't say anything.
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Kids who are poor often have families that have not really been kept informed about... how important it is to read to your child, to reduce stresses in their life, to use positive incentives and words.
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No one ever pretended that shopping for anything is a rational experience. If it were, would there be Fluffernutter? Laceless sneakers? Porkpie hats? Would the Chia Pet even exist?
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The rights of democracy are not reserved for a select group within society, they are the rights of all the people.
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I had a migraine for about seven or eight straight days, and I was unable to sleep most nights.
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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.
