Steven Soderbergh (Steven Andrew Soderbergh) Quotes
I make every movie like it's the last one. "If this was the last movie, what decision would I make?" That's how I make my decisions.

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One ever feels his twoness - an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.
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I hadn't learned to read by third grade, which wasn't unusual for some kids. I knew something was wrong because I couldn't see or understand the words the way the other kids did. I wasn't the least bit bothered - until I was sent back to the second-grade classroom for reading help after school.
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I've matured since joining United, on and off the field.
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I don't want to live in a nanny state where people are telling me where I can go and what I can do.
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It's strong to be vulnerable. To be able to communicate with other women is one of the most powerful things.
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I imagine that my characters have become much more complicated than when I first began, which would be normal.
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There are films you see that only reach your eyes. Then there are films that you can watch... that reach down to your throat, or reach your heart. 'In the Mood for Love,' though, reached all the way to my belly.
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Whenever people ask me what the story is for my next film, I won't tell and people feel it's because I'm being secretive or something, but it's actually because I'm ashamed to sum up a film in three sentences.
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I'm a lyric soprano. I can try to step outside that and do different kind of singing, but it's not something I can sustain over the long haul, and what is good for your voice is good for your career.
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Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way.
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In school, I had a tough time fitting in, and dancing was my way of being in my own element. As a teenager, I became a bit disillusioned with it. Even with competitions, I'd win, but still there would be tears.
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I sat out a few years because I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do next. So many things were changing in music and in culture, so it seemed like a good time to step back.
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My mom had me when she was 19 or 20. And my father was 22 or something. They were working on whatever they could, both of them aiming to be actors in theater.
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We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light.
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There's nothing like overcoming something that scares you so much. Nothing feels better.
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You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
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Put your energy into building what is creative, valuable and empowering. And you won't have to constantly fight against what is destructive and draining.
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If I had been thinking business since I was 21, I'd be a rich man right now.
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I really love my hair. I really embrace it, and I'm so glad that I made the decision to wear it natural.
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Alejandro AmenĂ¡bar is a very interesting filmmaker. I had really liked The Others, which was a movie he made with Nicole Kidman a few years ago. He made a very compelling case about how much he wanted me to be in this movie. Whenever a really passionate, talented filmmaker seems to have an interest in me, I take it very seriously because I like to work.
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As the arteries grow hard, the heart grows soft.
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Of course no one thought of anything except of attacking the enemy. It lies in the instinct of every German to rush at the enemy wherever he meets him, particularly if he meets hostile cavalry.
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I make every movie like it's the last one. "If this was the last movie, what decision would I make?" That's how I make my decisions.