Steven Soderbergh (Steven Andrew Soderbergh) Quotes
You got to deal with reviews the same way you deal with your views, which I a long time ago stopped reading because the point is if you believe the good ones you have to believe the bad ones. It's kind of all or nothing.
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I loved making 'The Hunger Games' - it was the happiest experience of my professional life. Lionsgate was supportive of me in a manner that few directors ever experience in a franchise: they empowered me to make the film I wanted to make and backed the movie in a way that requires no explanation beyond the remarkable results.
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I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
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I actually opened for Chris Rock at the Funny Bone one time.
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I crave attention and adventure.
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When you're in trouble, all you need is your bank card and passport, and you're fine.
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Though the male can be noble in reason and infinite in faculties, he is also easily amused by shiny toys, especially ones that do dumb things on his desk.
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I never trusted good-looking boys.
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One of the most wonderful memories in my life was when I sang at the Opera House in Sydney. I will never forget that. It is one of the most beautiful Houses I have ever sung in my life.
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Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.
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Hip-hop in the '90s began moving towards the Nation of Islam and the 5 Percenters, black nationalist movements; very much so, these movements embraced a form of Islam: Malcom X's form of Islam prior to his change.
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Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.
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For art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass, and simply for those moments' sake.
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I think it's unfair that people can't give assets to whoever they want. When I die, my assets can go to my wife. And a gay person - you ought to have a system where maybe you can just say, 'You can give your assets to anybody you want.'
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The problem we are dealing with at the border is not a Democratic problem. It is not a Republican problem. It is an American problem.
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I've done approximately 15 films, and most of the things I've done have either been stunt or costume work.
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I had a small-town life - I worked at the local McDonald's for three years. I'm not sure why they kept me: I am something of a daydreamer and a dawdler, so they would only let me be the 'friendly voice' that greeted you when you entered the restaurant.
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I always look for my mistakes so I can correct them in the future.
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Of course, the humans in Haiti have hope. They hope to leave.
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Looking back at it now, any objective account of my life is bound to read like a cross between 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' and a travel brochure.
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Moving to a new country is always difficult, but the fact my dad and my sister came to live with me was a huge help. That made things easier.
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Reading scripts or commercial copy isn't a problem for me, so I can really focus on the acting instead of it being secondary.
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Growing up, I used to watch 'Happy Days,' 'Laverne & Shirley,' 'All in the Family.' Those were the shows I watched growing up with my family. And, believe it or not, 'McMillan and Wife' and 'Columbo.'
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You got to deal with reviews the same way you deal with your views, which I a long time ago stopped reading because the point is if you believe the good ones you have to believe the bad ones. It's kind of all or nothing.
