Michael Pitt Quotes
I'm not prejudiced about what type of movies I'm in, what form they take or whether they're studio or independent. I just want to make films that are going to be good. The main reason is not to make money, although at some points it's really difficult when you're broke.
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Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and so I might be regarded by some as the underdog... There is actually a statue of Big Ben and I in Perth, Ont., and I was on a Canadian stamp once, and normally you have to be dead to do either of those things, and, well, here I am, still going.
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Along with issues like global warming, I think a problem with the world today is population decline.
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Conscience is God present in man.
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At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.
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It's ironic that the growth of Scottish nationalism has precipitated in the English the sort of hand-wringing the Scots have always done over who they are.
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I don't really think about the runs too much. I mean, if we get, like, a five-run lead, then I'll start to pitch according to that.
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My job was to get a fair and open hearing to all ideas.
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There are parts of me that I feel are beautiful, but they don't have anything to do with my nose.
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I want to show people there's not just one way of being Muslim.
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My working hypothesis is that stupidity in popular culture is a constant. Popular culture cannot get more stupid.
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The U.S.S.R. had absolutely nothing to do with the triumph of the Cuban Revolution.
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When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you're making a commitment and difference in that person's life. Encouragement really does make a difference.
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I would say I've always lived creativity, but now I - I do it with an intention that's got a completely different power.
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The fashion I've acquired over the years is so sacred to me – from costumes to couture, high fashion to punk wear I've collected from my secret international hot spots. I keep everything in an enormous archive in Hollywood.
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And he was going to give me a song, because I'm a singer and I wanted to sing in everything.
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The Keynesian belief that 'demand' is always at the root of underemployment and slow growth is a fallacy.
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Accept who you are and try and make the best of that.
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Ratings don't last. Good journalism does.
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It wouldn't bring her back. I know. Trust me, I do. And I would have done far worse, he says, if I'd thought there was a way to bring Regina back. I would have traded places. I would have sold souls. I would have torn this world apart. I would have done anything, broken any rule, just to bring her back.
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Some pushers are way better than others.
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It's so easy to get caught up in what people expect of you. Sometimes, you can just lose yourself.
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I prefer younger men. In some ways, they are much more open to a woman being stronger and independent then some of the men my age.
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The digital process gives me total control over how I want the film to look. The films look like they did when I was first looking through the viewfinder.
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I'm not prejudiced about what type of movies I'm in, what form they take or whether they're studio or independent. I just want to make films that are going to be good. The main reason is not to make money, although at some points it's really difficult when you're broke.
