Andrew Haigh Quotes
My films are very everyday, and people don't always want to go to the cinema to see ordinary lives. They want to see something a bit more extraordinary. I get that desire, but it's not the kind of film I want to make.
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I'm not saving lives.
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I think what people get confused about is that they want to label me as this EDM girl, but a lot of this stuff is genre-less.
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There's just a natural instinct to want to be great, I think.
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If you really want to know what Middle-earth is based on, it's my wonder and delight in the earth as it is, particularly the natural earth.
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I'm not trying to be Mr. Universe, but I want to stay in shape.
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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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A novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made.
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Our fans want us to be happy and if that means being married or having a girlfriend, they are okay with that. Of course, in this industry it is a bit harder to have normal relationships, but it is possible.
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I'm basically a know-it-all, and I'm writing a book about it. I want it to be called 'Danson on Water' and have me on the cover in this Christlike pose, standing on the water.
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I have already seen death, and I know that death is supporting me in my cause of education. Death does not want to kill me.
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We have not yet seen what man can make of man.
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I'm just observing. I don't ever want people to think I'm preaching at them or wearing them out.
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I may look like a laid-back Hawaiian, but I'm 240 pounds, and when I'm walking around that kitchen, you don't want to get in my way.
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I want to just be what kids believe in.
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I always want to go back and do stand-up; I like the freedom.
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I want to do a make-up line for men.
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If I have something inside me that I want to get out, I'll just beat it out on the banjo right then and there.
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I like the guys who wrote their own stuff and were able to perform it, like Seth Rogen. He popped off so young. When he did 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin,' and he was a co-producer on the movie, I was like, 'Oh my God: that's exactly what I want to do.'
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I don't want to be 50 years old and rapping, man. I'm pretty sure nobody wants to do that.
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New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human.
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I'm not looking to set a standard... but, I believe I have offered a challenge to others with my work.
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My experience with the Junior League, when I worked in Philadelphia for four years in reference to children's things, is that whenever they were asked they responded. They always responded with sincerity, and they did a good job.
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The only real things in life is the unexpected things. Everything else is just an illusion.
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My films are very everyday, and people don't always want to go to the cinema to see ordinary lives. They want to see something a bit more extraordinary. I get that desire, but it's not the kind of film I want to make.
