Steven Soderbergh (Steven Andrew Soderbergh) Quotes
I've never been a snob. It movie is just about stories. And I've never felt just because it's a big screen and you plop down your eight bucks that gives it a special meaning. It's just "Are you good at telling a story?"
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I made my first movie when I was five.
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Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.
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This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
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Eliminating fighting would mean eliminating the jobs of the 'fighters,' meaning these guys would not have NHL careers.
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If I ever have children of my own, they will read 'Matilda.' They will watch the movie. And you can bet they will see 'Matilda: The Musical.'
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A good procrastination should feel like you're inserting lots and lots of commas into the sentence of your life.
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We really want to see how the idea of an intellectual action movie is received by the world.
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I love to act. And oh-so-love telling stories through film as an actor. Even on my 'days off.'
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Even though 'Spider-Man' is a huge blockbuster, it really didn't feel like that. It felt like we were making this weird, funny high school movie. Like just hanging out with a group of friends.
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I love the smell of a theater. The old rooms and the carpet and all that stuff. I love to tell stories. Even before I was doing music, I saw myself as a director. So most of my songs come in a play form, you know, where there are characters and stories, so I like to go beyond just the song sometimes.
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In every single 'Tinker Bell' movie, I feel like there's a message that I'm proud to communicate with kids.
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I knew I was a good stage actor but I had no idea about movies. And I wasn't a Paul Newman type of guy. That's why I thought the stage is just right for me.
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If I were to have a dream job, it would probably be a poet. Then again, I don't think I'm a very good poet!
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Looks is a matter of perception. At Cannes, Europeans think I am good looking, while in India, I am not.
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There were certain films where I went, 'Oh, my God, I'm doing a movie.'
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I remember being at Greenblatt's on Sunset, and some guy just walked straight up to me, and he had some bling on and whatever, and said something about a party down in Malibu and asked if I would jump in his car and go to the party. All I could think was, 'Who are you? I don't know you, and I don't care about how good your car is.'
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If you don't believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. Decency is very good. Better decent than indecent. But I don't think it's enough.
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The mark of a good marriage is partnership and continuing to feel inspired by your spouse. I had that with Tao. But the end is not necessarily the tragedy. Staying in a relationship that is no longer working is the tragedy. Living unhappily - that's the tragedy.
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The first education to be a good chemist is to do well in high school science courses. Then, you go to college to really become a chemist. You want to take science and math. Those are the main things.
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There's good in all of us and I think I simply love people too much, so much that it makes me feel too fucking sad.
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I met Sonny after (Blind Boy) Fuller died, and me and Sonny played in the streets like everybody else.
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Obviously my career's important to me and I'm really, really passionate about trying to keep it.
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Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as many live because they are afraid to die, as die because they are afraid to live.
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I've never been a snob. It movie is just about stories. And I've never felt just because it's a big screen and you plop down your eight bucks that gives it a special meaning. It's just "Are you good at telling a story?"
