Michael Foreman Quotes
Drawing was the only thing I was any good at in school, but I never dreamt I would, or even could, spend my life doing it.
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The older you get, the more comfortable you become with yourself, and you accept what you have physically.
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Elves have this superhuman strength, yet they're so graceful. Tolkien created them to be angelic spirits, but I also saw Legolas as something out of the Seven Samurai.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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Adultery is the application of democracy to love.
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If we look at the fact that record covers are essentially advertisements for the music, we acknowledge a function and purpose to draw in the prospective buyer.
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My legacy isn't about what I did playing football, but how I use the opportunities that came from playing football.
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Photography is like a moment, an instant. You need a half-second to get the photo. So it's good to capture people when they are themselves.
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Switching from one career to another can be scary, but it also can be a thrilling experience. Look at it as an opportunity to really go after what you want to accomplish in life and make a difference in the world. The key is to take small, conscious steps and prepare yourself for a successful transition.
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What I am afraid of is the first thing I was ever aware of being afraid of and what I have told my daughter countless times she need not fear: being alone in the dark. It is a small prison of emotion from which there is no escape. It is also, in its own way, a shattering revelation.
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I've got to be out doing a million things. That's how I find stories. That's how I get the relationships and get the projects that I get with the writers, the directors.
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And the hooded clouds, like friars,Tell their beads in drops of rain.
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The Gods sell when they give. Glory is paid for with disgrace. Poor are the happy, for they are Just what passes.
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I try to only go out twice a week. More than that would leave me feeling pretty run down.
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I think the beauty of growing up is not really knowing and figuring it out for yourself.
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I'm not optimistic.
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When you do a film, all you want is to make the best film possible. You don't think about Oscars. But it's really flattering. Please, bring it on!
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After several trillion dollars of stimulation by the Obama Administration and the Fed, one might think the economy would be chugging along at a pretty good clip. But, it just isn't so, and the light at the end of the tunnel is pretty dim. Just ask a small business owner.
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To me, fiction is the single best way there is - to me, it's the most profound way - of dealing with questions that have no answers.
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How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue.
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Life is a green madness just now, trying to squeeze the last bit of warmth from the season.
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I'd like to work with any actress from whom I can learn-one who has had many experiences with many directors and is willing to share some of her knowledge with me.
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I've never wanted to be anything but a gymnast. Maybe it is dangerous-but when you start thinking about danger, you might as well give up.
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I'm quite an untidy person in a lot of ways. But order makes me happy. I have to have a clear desk and a tidy desktop, with as few visual distractions as possible. I don't mind sound distractions, but visual ones freak me out.
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Drawing was the only thing I was any good at in school, but I never dreamt I would, or even could, spend my life doing it.
