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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Our duty was to try and find the Japanese fleet. We never did find the Japanese fleet and I am awfully glad, because they had attacked us there with six carriers, three battleships, 10 or 15 cruisers, and about 20 destroyers.
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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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As long as someone wants to hear my music, I don't care if it's a ringtone or the album or whatever.
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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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I am currently talking to one of the studios about making American Star as a TV series.
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This is becoming a real problem. There's competition to keep costs down and prices low. That comes at the expense of doing due diligence, market research, and having focus groups test products.
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I try to pick characters that I find interesting and complex and that I feel I can bring something of myself to.
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I would say when you're dealing with live musicians and musicality, the warmth of a live instrument brings a certain feel to a song that is really hard, sometimes, to get from synthesized instruments.
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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.
