Steven Soderbergh (Steven Andrew Soderbergh) Quotes
I suppose I could try to be some avant-garde artist if I wanted to, but that doesn't interest me as much.
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Music is art, and once you become an artist, you need to learn how to accept criticism.
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A woman going out with a younger man feels like the last taboo.
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That's what sets apart one actor from another, and that you can't teach. You can't give someone that. When you're working, putting a character together, or in a scene, that's where things will happen that you have to have the intuition to notice them, and to register them.
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When I was living in New York and didn't have a penny to my name, I would walk around the streets and occasionally I would see an alcove or something. And I'd think, that'll be good, that'll be a good spot for me when I'm homeless.
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We move sometimes. We send messages to each other. We talk on the phone. Tell me, what can we do?
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I think the thing that L.A. had on Sydney is an awesome music scene, especially for what I do.
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Modeling has always played off my D.J.-ing, but it is a fun supplement.
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Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct. But their transition into words must be done deliberately and with rigid artistry.
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She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).
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We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that.
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What I've learned is sometimes it's good not to have all the same actions and have all the same takes. The variety you provide gives the director later on in post-production the ability to construct a more interesting performance as he puts the movie together.
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Hospitals are about healing.
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Our Government is committed to pursuing policies and programs which facilitate a further lowering of the interest rates in order to fuel investment and growth. We call on the commercial banks to partner with us in this effort.
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My dream is to be on my boat. Or on an island. Or in my house in the country. That's my dream.
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I went to public school my whole life. It was a performing arts school, so I can't say if it was a typical experience or not, because it's all I know.
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In the language of politics, there is only one translation for the phrase 'hope and change,' to wit: 'big, fat government.'
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People want fashion from us, whereas they might buy core styles from other designers.
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Welcome to the psychiatric hotline: if you are obsessive compulsive press one repeatedly. If you are schizophrenic listen closely and a little voice will tell you which number to press. If you have borderline personality disorder hang up; you have already pushed everybody's buttons.
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The sun, the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of the banquet.
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I want a performance style that's more cerebral and emotional than physical. I want to be a creative artist, not a whirling dervish.
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For most people, art is only valuable if other people say it is; and artists are only worthwhile if they are either rich and famous, or dead.
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I suppose I could try to be some avant-garde artist if I wanted to, but that doesn't interest me as much.
