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 had a really good time with Martha Stewart, who also is somebody I really admire a lot. I've learned a lot from her and I think all of America has, about attention to detail and using fresh ingredients and making things beautiful and special.
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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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The origin of corruption in politics is surely in the thought that you are the bearer of ultimate virtue.
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When somebody says the best thing you can do is be tough, the best thing you can do is use your brute force, then we're selling ourselves short.
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I believe that President Obama is here for a reason, but that doesn't mean that he has to stay there next year. The American people have an opportunity to have a say and so I think we just have to do what we think is right - and see what the outcome is. God's got a plan.
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If I was any more on edge, I'd be Bono.
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I realized that there wasn't accessible, user-friendly content out there that really empowered people to find a way into the green 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.
