Steven Soderbergh (Steven Andrew Soderbergh) Quotes
Everything had been done long before I started making movies. I mean, there's nothing that Godard hasn't already done. You can't do a single thing that Godard hasn't already thought of. And so you struggle to do something that is not predictable.
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Somebody once told me I shouldn't try to change Hollywood. That isn't my point at all. I don't want Hollywood to change me.
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If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies.
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Raw fish suppers admittedly require a little planning, not least in the acquisition of the main ingredient.
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Geffen was never supportive of the band.
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When I'm reading material, if I'm a little bit afraid of a part and I'm willing to admit that to myself, then I'll do it, definitely. If I'm worried about being able to do it, to get it - I absolutely just love it.
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It was hard for me to hear anyone saying they didn't like 'Billy Madison.'
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It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good comedy, and it's hardest of all to write a drama with comedy. Which is what life is.
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Every year, our white intruders become more greedy, exacting, oppressive, and overbearing. Every year, contentions spring up between them and our people, and when blood is shed, we have to make atonement, whether right or wrong, at the cost of the lives of our greatest chiefs and the yielding up of large tracts of our lands.
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I am anything but a misogynist - I am quite far to the other side of that.
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I want to write a film. I need to think of the right idea and focus on that; I love writing.
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I think the dot-com boom and bust represented the end of the beginning. The industry is more mature today.
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Slowly but surely, we have much better female roles to play and to choose from.
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There's very few dork movies made by dorks.
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He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.
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I don't remember ever deciding to become a performer. I just always was. I began performing by mimicking the performers on the new television that first took the attention away from me as the baby of the household. I continued performing to put a smile on my grandmother's face and always considered her when accepting or declining roles.
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What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?
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No one in my family is in entertainment. They thought acting was a fun hobby, and when I got a degree, I'd settle down.
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If you don't take the chance to live life, what can you say at the end of it?
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I've been really fortunate that I've worked with a lot of strong women who are also mothers.
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Mike Judge usually receives underwhelming acclaim for his movies when they come out; it takes a while for people to catch up.
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Movies can be effective in influencing people to think in ways they might not otherwise be exposed to. Social commentary in films is most effective when you're not aware of a soapbox. Making the point without force-feeding the audience is the most desirable approach.
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I daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one's own bat than by doing the right thing on somebody's else advice.
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Everything had been done long before I started making movies. I mean, there's nothing that Godard hasn't already done. You can't do a single thing that Godard hasn't already thought of. And so you struggle to do something that is not predictable.
