Michel Gondry Quotes
I read about some movie where they did everything on blue screen, and the actors were not even connecting to each other.
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You set your goals to a point where they're attainable, but far enough away that you have to really go get them. And every year I push my goals a little bit farther away, and every year I work a little bit harder to get them.
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There's always the tendency to transform the Church into an ethical agency, and of measuring the Church by the yardstick of social and cultural utility.
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What we want the folks in Ethiopia to know is that we are behind them in the democratic process. We know it is not perfect, as we are still working on ours; but we wish them success in this great and noble endeavor.
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I'm not the type to get ulcers. I give them.
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I told her I wanted a plastic surgeon to sew me up, and I wanted her to freeze my ovaries, so I could harvest the eggs and have a biological child through a surrogate.
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People throw away what they could have by insisting on perfection, which they cannot have, and looking for it where they will never find it.
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Vig used to call me 'Elf boy', and I'd call him 'filthy human'. As an Elf, I never got a scratch on me, never got dirty. And Vig would come out with blood and sweat all over him. And he'd say to me, 'Oh, go manicure your nails.'
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I love men and I like to get their attention.
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I can do a good John Wayne.
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I agree that there are things that should be kept secret.
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It isn't worth it. No money is worth this... walks out.
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Ah suppose man, ah'm too much ay a perfectionist, ken? It's likesay, if things go a bit dodgy, ah jist cannae be bothered, y'know?
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If you'd stop being a Metallica fan because I won't give you my music for free, then fuck you. I don't want you to be a Metallica fan.
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The less somebody knows and understand himself the less great he is, however great may be his talent. For this reason our scientists are not great.
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I started reading DC stuff much later in my life. You realize that there's a huge difference between the Marvel universe and the DC universe and the characters that own it.
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I'm not going to talk like I know about politics, because I'm a total amateur, but maybe I can be a spokesperson for people who aren't normally interested in politics.
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I remember someone saying to my mom that it must be so glamorous to have a child acting in movies. They had no idea how hard it was for her.
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Love is so blind, it feels right when it's wrong.
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I've tried not to get sucked into the Hollywood hierarchy system. Personally, I don't like it when people are deferential to me because I'm an established filmmaker. It's a blue-collar sensibility.
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Sometimes, I even recite the role to the actor if it's not clear. And I beg them not to imitate me, because I'm not a good actor.
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I tend to write first drafts that are incredibly cognitive, very rational, very boring. They come off as justification. Like, 'This is my idea and here's all the reasons that it's right.' It doesn't make for very compelling reading.
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Everyone has their own different life experiences which make them who they are. No two people's life experiences are the same. And mine are just unique to me.
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I read about some movie where they did everything on blue screen, and the actors were not even connecting to each other.
