Violante Placido Quotes
I did a smaller gig with an acoustic guitar and a drum machine. In one song, something wrong happened with the drum machine. I tried to cover up the mistake by playing faster and improvising a new song but it became crazy, and I had to admit it was all a mess.
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In general, I find that for videos the acting is more realistic.
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Born with blue spectacles, you would think the world was blue and never be conscious of the existence of the distorting glass.
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Historically, the Balkans have been an incubator of war.
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All the terrorists are basically migrants.
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I'm working on my new album right now. Hopefully to get that out at the top of 2005, January 2005.
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It would be nice to be on the charts again, nice to be recognised.
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My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.
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Olympic champions should be 100 per cent athletes who have made the sacrifices.
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Competition on anything is good, because it makes everybody better.
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I have managed to infuriate the bank bosses; acquire a fatwa from the revolutionary guards of the trades union movement; frighten the 'Daily Telegraph' with a progressive graduate payment; and upset very rich people who are trying to dodge British taxes. I must be doing something right.
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All of a sudden I discovered that I'm allergic to caviar. It was the perfect metaphor for my life. When I was only able to afford bad caviar, I could certainly eat my fill of it.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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If you are being weird or silly you can be excused because you are just playing a character.
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People come over, and we watch things like 'The Paul Lynde Halloween Special.' I have a hot tub. Everybody puts on a bathing suit and we splash around.
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Fifteen- to 30-year-olds are interested in all kinds of intelligent movies - it doesn't have to be a broad comedy or an action adventure for them to go see it.
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If you're in a conversation with me, the last thing I'll probably say when I'm walking away is, 'Thank you and sorry.'
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He was white and shaken, like a dry martini.
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The idea of doing a production of 'Carousel' that doesn't feel like it's stuck in the 1950s really intrigues me.
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I want to have fun, but I don't quite know how.
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I'm really pleased to share the 'Station to Station' film. It has a very unorthodox structure; it's made up of separate one-minute films. So you watch this piece that is like time moving. Everything is democratised, whether it's a minute of Patti Smith or a single landscape with a drone, it's this amazing modern kaleidoscope.
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I think we all like to get away from our troubles and worries with a good book.
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The problem with the Internet is that it gives you everything - reliable material and crazy material. So the problem becomes, how do you discriminate?
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The people at the record company had asked me if I could write a song about my life, my relationship with God, and where I'm from. Well, I can't write a song on purpose, my songs come in a moment of inspiration or desperation.
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I did a smaller gig with an acoustic guitar and a drum machine. In one song, something wrong happened with the drum machine. I tried to cover up the mistake by playing faster and improvising a new song but it became crazy, and I had to admit it was all a mess.
