Norman Jewison Quotes
I don't like to think that maybe I'm just getting old. I'm not too excited about watching a huge explosion. I'm more interested in people and characters.
Quotes to Explore
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A woman can look both moral and exciting... if she also looks as if it was quite a struggle.
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I know some black actresses who have to wait every 19 films for a role. I can be cast in practically every one as a young white male.
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Now, performing is second nature and I love every second of it. It is a very emotional thing when I can't play a song; maybe I'm hitting on something that I don't want to deal with. All of it is so personal. It is like therapy.
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A lot of comedians do bits where they say, 'I was listening to this song, and this person said this, and you know how they say that?' And I thought it would work better if I actually had a DJ put that song lyric right there. It makes it more dynamic, and it's more energetic.
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There is nothing, really, that I wouldn't write about, and I do write about a lot of grim things.
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I was sick and tired of being an English actor who did a lot of American movies because I was cheap and good.
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When we show up in a city, we ask, 'Where's the best restaurant? What's the best beer?' You start doing that, and you get exposed to a lot of great stuff.
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The one thing about going from the audience to the stage in just three years is that you know how it feels to be down there.
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I believe that my parents did wonderful things for us.
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As soon as someone finds out something you're insecure about or that bothers you, they will use that against you, which is awful.
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I've been a bit of an electronics enthusiast and maker for a long time. I actually started the forum called ModRetro. It's an electronics enthusiast community that focuses on modifying vintage game consoles, and it's actually one of the larger game console modification forums on the Internet.
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The first bit of vinyl I bought was Michael Jackson's 'Bad.'
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Women's tennis has been around for a very long time - we're talking about the 1800s. But women's soccer hasn't had such a long history, so now they're right at the beginning of really trying to make things equal. We need to continue not only to advocate for women but to have men advocating for women.
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I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.
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I like my parents but they are just not good parents. They are nice enough people. I'm not interested in hurting their feelings.
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Men say they love independence in a woman, but they don't waste a second demolishing it brick by brick.
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In this hectic life, we have no time to take care of ourselves, hence massage is needed for rejuvenation and stress reduction. A lot of people are looking for quick fixes: like, they are taking medications, and they are doing other things which are not healthy. But massage is very holistic and natural.
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'Undertones of War' by Edmund Blunden seems to get less attention than the memoirs of Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves, but it is a great book.
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I don't want features, I want value. I don't want benefits, I want value.
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Everything would be alright if everything was put back in the hands of the people, and we're going to have to put it back in the hands of the people.
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Rome is magic, it's like being in Hollywood. But the difference between Hollywood and Rome is that here you don't have just the movie business. The movie business is so little, so you also have the choice to hang out with people who do different kinds of business.
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One reason I encourage people to blog is that the act of doing it stretches your available vocabulary and hones a new voice.
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Sooner or later, all games become serious.
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I don't like to think that maybe I'm just getting old. I'm not too excited about watching a huge explosion. I'm more interested in people and characters.
