Mike Figgis Quotes
The function of camera movement is to assist the storytelling. That's all it is. It cannot be there just to demonstrate itself.
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This life and this job and this position that I'm put in, it forces you to grow up quick. I definitely got dropped in the deep end.
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'First Family' on the CW is about the president and his family living in the White House.
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Jewelry, to me, is a pain in the derriere, because you have to be watching it all the time.
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My father was an electrical contractor, while I used to deliver video cassettes on a cycle to people in Juhu and Bandra, including celebrities like Mithun Chakraborty. Mithunda remembers me and is very proud of me. He can't believe that the guy who used to come to his house in short pants has become so successful.
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I am just getting into Zora Neale Hurston, who is possibly a much better writer than the critics and rivals who tried to erase her from history, resulting in a life in which she worked as a maid and died in a welfare nursing home. She's clever. She does something modern to the sentence.
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I'm from Denver, and there is really nothing acting-wise to do there except for theater. I did everything I could get my hands on until I was able to make it to L.A.
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I've always been more of a camera hog than anything, and it's just another way to get it all out!
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When you're younger, you worry about so many things that you don't need to worry about, like image, appearance.
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We love it when we make mistakes that are better than something you could think up.
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I got a divorce, and I felt like I finally started my career. I started making movies and projects that I just really believed in.
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I love performing. I love getting out there. It's kind of like why I make music.
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I think most people are aware of the garbage in the tabloids and don't give them a lot of credence.
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I think it'll be an emotional day. It'll be exciting for me, mostly it'll be exciting for them. I'm not going to get to come here a lot, so, it'll be a special day, hopefully.
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I know I probably offend some people. I have been talking a little too much so I'm trying not to talk as much.
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You love him," he says. Not an asking, just a fact. "I do," I say. Also a fact.
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There's so much wonder in the world. Don't let no one tell you otherwise.
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God does not change us in order to love us. He loves us in order to change us.
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If I was any more on edge, I'd be Bono.
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What you mean by 'peace' is nothing more than the endless repetition of human folly.
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I could have probably built a great career in management consulting, but one of the insights that I had early on is that just because you're good at something doesn't mean that you should continue to do it. Somewhere in my heart of hearts I knew it wasn't what I wanted to do.
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And so there has been a lot of diplomatic movement.
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The function of camera movement is to assist the storytelling. That's all it is. It cannot be there just to demonstrate itself.
