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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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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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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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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EBay is a great company. There are a lot of good assets and good customers, and the U.S. people love it.
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Israel has no better friend than America. And America has no better friend than Israel. We stand together to defend democracy. We stand together to advance peace. We stand together to fight terrorism. Congratulations America. Congratulations, Mister President. You got bin Laden. Good riddance!
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Both sides have been playing tremendous cricket over a couple of years and they're both very good units.
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You're only as good as you are now - not as good as you were before.
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In our school, there were lots of bands putting up posters saying 'Come to our gigs'.
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True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
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The year that 'Lost' started and premiered was, without a doubt, the most miserable year of my life. The level of despair and anguish that I was feeling; I was clinically depressed, and anyone that you talked to who knew me at the time will tell you that.
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I just feel that God gave me a certain gift, and that was to go out, do storytelling and be an actor. And my responsibility with that gift is to do the best job possible and to re-create real life.
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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?"
