Steven Soderbergh (Steven Andrew Soderbergh) Quotes
I'm not a snob. If I feel like there's a star that's the best person for that role, then that's who I get.
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I lose film roles because I'm a person who doesn't keep quiet about certain things. But if my heart tells me something is wrong, I'm going to go and do something about it.
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The political system is not for the people. The people are secondary to the economy. It's about what generates money, not about what benefits the people.
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I've found that entrepreneurial success usually comes through great execution, simply by doing a superior job of doing the blocking and tackling.
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I don't write about my life in my column.
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It is not the form that dictates the color, but the color that brings out the form.
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I feel like the gods have certainly patted me on the head.
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In 1921, Harry Houdini started his own film company called - wait for it - the Houdini Picture Corporation.
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Look at Islam in a rational manner and without demagoguery or emotion. It is the leading religion of the world with 1.5 billion followers.
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The atomic bomb made the prospect of future war unendurable. It has led us up those last few steps to the mountain pass; and beyond there is a different country.
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I feel like fashion and music relate to each other in a lot of ways. I always had to be creative: I'm a very creative person. I always liked making stuff. Apart from music, I always liked making clothes. You're able to express yourself.
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I think the kind of films and roles I do takes a whole year... I think it is justified. At some point, we have to come to that place where we are equally paid. It is a small step... we are headed to that direction.
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Live theater is my favorite of all the mediums that I have worked in, so I have every intention on coming back to Broadway.
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The more vile the thing that's said about me, the less it affects me. It doesn't bother me at all.
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I was drafted into the Army when I was 19 and came out at age 22. Most people that I knew didn't think they'd come home alive. I didn't think I would either, so I was happy when I did.
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No, Queer Eye has a book coming out before mine, in the Spring of 2004, in which each of us has a section and we do a brief overview of our subject area.
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Gigi is my perfect partner. She's my best friend. She's the most fun of anyone I know, and she's also the kindest and most tolerant person.
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I've never wanted to use my age as a gimmick, as something that would get me ahead of other people. I've wanted the music to do that.
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Memory is not an instrument for exploring the past but its theatre. It is the medium of past experience, as the ground is the medium in which dead cities lie interred.
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I don't work from drawings. I don't make sketches and drawings and color sketches into a final painting.
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What is a movie star? A movie star is many things. They can be tall, short, thin, or skinny. They can be Democrats... or skinny.
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My first audition happened to be for 'Kindergarten Cop,' and I took that role. I was only starting to learn English at that point. Spanish is my first language, so they made me a speaking character in the movie. I didn't really know I was shooting a movie. I was just having a lot of fun with 30 kids my own age.
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Religion, it must be understood, is not faith. Religion is the story of faith.
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I'm not a snob. If I feel like there's a star that's the best person for that role, then that's who I get.
