Hal Hartley Quotes
TRUST took as its starting point the question, What would happen if a movie took the character of a teen-age girl seriously?.
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I remember the first time I went to Italy when I was eighteen, I was in Florence and there were all these eighteen, nineteen, twenty-year-olds gliding past on Vespas with crinkly, long, hair, and I thought I was on the set of a movie. I couldn't believe that this was going on and I hadn't known about it before. I was flabbergasted.
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My nursery school did a production of 'The Three Little Pigs.' I played the third pig. When the wolf knocked on my door, I refused to get up and answer it because, to me, he was knocking the wrong way. I just lay there, snoring away on stage, fully immersed in my character. My dad turned to my mom and said: 'Dustin Hoffman.'
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I promise to do everything I can to earn back the trust of everyone I've disappointed.
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My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.
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One of my personal plights in this business is about playing 'The Sassy Black Girl.'
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When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.
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When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward.
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Everybody is a teenage idol.
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I enjoy a character who sticks to her guns, who's always challenging herself. That's something I can relate to.
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There came a point in time when Michael was under a great deal of pressure to alter the film in a way that was just disturbing to him. I had not seen the movie, yet. He phoned me in July of '92 to look at his version.
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All my stories are about the action of grace on a character who is not very willing to support it, but most people think of these stories as hard, hopeless and brutal.
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And while I might not always agree with the viewpoint I have to portray, because I play a district attorney, as an actress I can always tell myself that my character is trying to take the moral high ground.
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Profitability comes from loyalty, productivity, and having a character base from which to work.
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Children up to the age of seven are like sponges. They look up to adults and copy what they do. So I thought if I could create a positive role model - a superhero, if you like - who moves around and has a balanced lifestyle - then they would be motivated to move more.
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My director is usually aware of what works for me and what doesn't. For 'Srimanthudu,' I have to give full credit to director Koratala Sivagaru for handling my character the way he did.
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I want to move people, stir something within them that makes them feel. That's what a movie should do and an actor should do, make you feel something. I think that's why people love films so much.
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I tend to gravitate toward conflicted characters, and a character who is exploring chaos theory and population control and the difficulties of love and family is pretty rich.
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Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time.
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Let's make sure that we are working for age-appropriate sex education in our school system.
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I think that you do get a little extra jolt of confidence when you win an Emmy.
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I'm a sitcom junky. And I love rom coms. Mind candy.
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But I don't sit down at dinner and have clever ideas.
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When you try new things, you will make mistakes. That's OK.
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TRUST took as its starting point the question, What would happen if a movie took the character of a teen-age girl seriously?.
