Herbie Hancock (Herbert Jeffrey Hancock) Quotes
Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music.
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When I was young, 'Scarface' was my favorite film. Al Pacino is my hero. I want to work with him.
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If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it at all. And if you do have to say it, make it really funny so I can screenshot it and save it for later.
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Women have a lot of... attitudes enforced in us about our sense of attractiveness being bound up in long, flowing, Hollywood kind of hair.
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Working on the accent helped, enormously. I will tell you that when I brought Michael a correct 'British' accent, one that my dialect coach was happy with, he hated it.
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Every man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and therefore makes me uneasy; and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy.
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Cursing is highly effective in person - someone kicks his car in rage, forgetting he's wearing flip-flops, flames pour from his mouth, and it's impressive. But you see it in print, and it's just ugly.
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When I write, I solemnly visit myself.
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I try to understand the rules and follow them. And I try to make sure that I'm disclosing my obligations.
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David Cameron was a good-looking chap in his day!
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I've never felt that acting was my vocation - never had that tortured thing. I love acting, but it doesn't feed my soul.
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The one thing we learned about community - you can't force community.
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Theater dressing rooms are my home away from home - my second home, really.
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I want to tell stories and make people feel good. That's when music is at its finest.
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I'm doomed romantically. I try to find a formula for everything in life, and that includes romance, but my methods haven't proven successful because there is no formula in romance.
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I saw a headshot with the name 'Emilio Sheen' printed under it and it looked terrible.
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I promise you... nobody cares about your business except for you. Nobody.
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Halloween is not only about putting on a costume, but it's about finding the imagination and costume within ourselves.
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Often times, I'm surprised by what I'm writing or what I'm playing, and then that inspires me to keep going with it, so it ends up being a very adventurous process.
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I try to be measured and thoughtful about what I put out there because I know a lot of young people follow me on Twitter, and I take that seriously - which is why I don't exclusively tweet about cookies and 'Game of Thrones' and YA.
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A few minutes?" Feeling suddenly shy, she crossed her arms over her chest. The smile on his face widened, becoming touched with the feral wildness of the cat. It made thinking difficult. "I believed males needed a longer recovery time to mate." "Not this kitty cat." Rising to his feet, he said, "Get ready to play.
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I just put the reflexes in the proper direction.
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I want to make films that are worthwhile, on some level, but also very entertaining.
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Do we care about these people that are HIV-positive whose lives have been ruined? Those are the people I'm the most concerned about. Every night I think about this.
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Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music.
