Norman Jewison Quotes
In America there's no rights for the artist, so whatever films I've made kind of belong to the studio.
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I joined the Actors Studio and began to work with Lee Strasberg, and that changed my work.
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I feel happy that I am being honoured for doing films of my own liking.
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I am passionate about human rights.
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Once you give up rights, they're not going to give them back.
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TV and films are same for me. I took a decision to be an actor, and I am an actor. I never decided to be TV actor or film actor.
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You will never see me dancing around the trees, chasing a heroine; I will never do films, no matter what the budget, for the heck of it.
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A federal Voters' Bill of Rights could press the states to put non-partisan managers in charge of elections.
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I love doing kids' films.
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Our first manager really pushed that we not sell our publishing rights, which is one of the earliest things an artist will do: They'll sell in order to get a cash advance.
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All of my films have been autobiographical - it's all I've got to go on.
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I write in the studio.
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I am an American citizen and feel I am entitled to the same rights as any other citizen.
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The Human Rights Organisation deceives the world by calling itself a human rights council.
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My family don't watch a lot of what I do. Films are a bit too arty-farty for them, certainly the ones I do!
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The term 'human rights defender,' incidentally, isn't something I or my attorneys came up with. Personally, I find it a little embarrassing.
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I am constantly swimming on the margin, neither 100% American, French, nor Lebanese. I am none of those. I am the result of those three. Sometimes it's an asset: no one can put you in a category. That I do not make typical Lebanese, European or American films does not bother me.
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I support all Australian films.
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I'm all for typewriters, with instant carbon copies, and seeing films in cinemas.
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The story of Willie Stark fascinated me because it was tackling the story of a man who outwardly has all the success one could possibly want and who is destroyed by his personal demons.
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I did comedies for 10 years and I learned a great deal.
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I was convinced in middle school that I invented tight-rolling your pants, because I would get hand-me-downs from my brothers, and of course they were bell-bottoms from the '70s. So I would fold and fold over the bells. I like to think I started the trend. But I didn't.
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I like to space out my work.
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C++ tries to guard against Murphy, not Machiavelli.
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In America there's no rights for the artist, so whatever films I've made kind of belong to the studio.
