Michelangelo Antonioni Quotes
You know what I would like to do: make a film with actors standing in empty space so that the spectator would have to imagine the background of the characters.
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I find the stuff that is exciting to me are the films coming out of Taiwan and Iran and France. So I have the feeling I'm not making the films that American distributors want to make.
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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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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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During my second draft pass on my last book I made 20,000 words happen in a week, which is practically supernatural for me, and it would never have been possible without three nights in a hotel in my own city.
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Mark Twain cannot be defined.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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And literature frequently rises to heights that make it international.
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I went into acting as psychotherapy, and it's still a work in progress.
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No, you will never see me on 'Dancing With the Stars.' Sorry.
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There is violence in real life but I would never impose violence in a film just to attract the audience.
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I'm in so many videos. There was a period of about two years where I danced for everyone: Kylie Minogue, Ed Sheeran, Jessie J, Taio Cruz. It got to the point where my fees were double the other girls', and I wouldn't even have to audition. They'd call my agent directly and say, 'We want twigs to come in.'
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I remember Nazi election propaganda posters showing a hateful Jewish face with crooked nose.
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Ask your editor or ask your agent to find out what the house's goals are for your book before it comes out. Get some sense of expectations so you are prepared.
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Sometimes I feel like there are just too many things weighing on my mind at once, and I can't control my thoughts or even my body at times.
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Great art is the expression of a solution of the conflict between the demands of the world without and that within.
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I'm just abnormal. I'm a weird dude.
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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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You look so polished from your hair down to your toes, but still your finger's gonna pick your nose.
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When you go card dead its torture just sitting there.
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I would have liked it to have stayed serious and have the adventures of a family lost in space. This isn't to take anything away from Jonathan and the Robot. I watch his performance today and he still makes me laugh.
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There are always tons of names on a movie of people that didn't actually do anything on that film. I feel bad for the people that busted their ass because they get the same credit as someone who did nothing. It's kind of a weird thing.
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You know what I would like to do: make a film with actors standing in empty space so that the spectator would have to imagine the background of the characters.
