Michel Gondry Quotes
You can't feel sorry for a scene. If the movie works without the scene, then you don't need the scene.
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I think I felt compelled in a way because if I hadn't written the part, I never would have been offered the part. There are at least 10 guys who would have been offered the part before me.
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In real terms, there is a greater disparity of earnings between the very rich and the very poor.
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What I would like to do is make sure every primary school child has a library card, so where parents don't get their children library cards, we'll see if we can get schools to step in and make sure that every child has one.
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Sometimes I'll lock myself in a room and dance. I'll turn music on as loud as possible and just get weird!
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I think about death a lot, I really do, because I can't believe I won't exist. It's the ego isn't it? I feel that I should retreat into a better form of Zen Buddhism than this kind of ego-dominated thing. But I don't know, I mean, I want to come back as a tree but I suspect that it's just not going to happen, is it?
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I went to L'Academie de Cuisine in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and I think French cooking is the basis for a lot of classical cuisine, a foundation of a lot of other cuisines. That said, it's not the only way to approach a cooking career.
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But it is also clear that left entirely untouched by public policy, the capitalist system will produce more inequality than is socially healthy or than is necessary for maximum efficiency.
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We trolls say: 'Make Philosophy your evening guest, but do not let her stay the night.'
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In my youth, growing up in a Jewish milieu, there was one thing we did not have to look for and that was exaltation. Every moment is great, we were taught, every moment is unique.
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Philosophy is empty if it isn't based on science. Science discovers, philosophy interprets.
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I think my love of journalizing my life comes from my mom.
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I spent a lot of my life schlepping around New York with people not doing things for me.
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I resisted writing a book for a long time because I didn't want to invade anyone else's privacy or hurt anyone or anger anyone.
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A director makes only one movie in his life. Then he breaks it into pieces and makes it again.
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I knew I didn't want to come out in the 'New Yorker'; it just felt wrong. It needed an African conversation.
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I think when you're young and have that first burst of energy and make five or six pictures in a row that tell the stories of all the things in life you want to say... well, maybe those are the films that should have won me the Oscar.
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When horror films are made in times of political strife, I think they're not made with an instinct to add to the chaos but to bring shape to it.
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When I'm writing, quite often I start having a good time when I see there's a chance to make myself look like a real jerk. I start chuckling and having an interesting, rather than a boring, time.
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Running is a simple, primitive act, and therein lays its power. For it is one of the few commonalities left between us as a human race.
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There should not be a question of legal or illegal immigration. People came and immigrated to this country from the time of the Indians. No ones illegal. They should just be able to come.
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Call me a slag. If it means being a strong woman, I'll gladly be that.
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A salesman called on my wife the other day and tried to sell her a freezer. You'll save a fortune on your food bills, he promised. I can't tell you how much you'll save. It'll be tremendous. Said my wife: I'm sure you're right, but we're already saving a fortune with our new car by not taking the bus. We're saving a fortune with our new washing machine by not sending out the laundry. We're saving a fortune with our new dishwasher by giving up the maid. The plain truth is that right now we just can't afford to save any more!
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You can't feel sorry for a scene. If the movie works without the scene, then you don't need the scene.
