Andrew Niccol Quotes
I have so much to grapple with, I don't think too much about me. People call it the "dance of a thousand egos" when you make a movie. If only I had time to worry when I was making a movie about what the hell I was doing. It's sort of a marathon every day. And then at the end of it, you beg the producers for five more marathons.
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Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain.
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I'm not a monarchist. But I'm English. And I have an irrational emotion for my country.
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The questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do.
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It is not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.
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I go to see maybe seven films a year at the most, and since I only go to see the best, it follows that I very rarely see my own.
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The great thing about writing compared to life is getting to tie things up.
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I'm called a terrorist in the Arab media still today.
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Radio is a really strange business now, too. There's a very narrow door and a very few people control what gets played.
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I've done a lot of partying in my time because I didn't want to go home and I didn't know what to do.
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When a person tests positive for HIV, it is not a test for the virus itself but for antibodies to the virus, and the test is not able to distinguish between HIV antibodies and a multitude of other antibodies. Many conditions can lead to a false positive result, including flu shots, hepatitis, and pregnancy.
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She was an enthusiastic painter of oils and watercolors. She was also very generous. I could mess with her paints and brushes all I wanted. On one condition: that I kept my brushes clean. The only art lesson my mother gave me was how to wash my brushes.
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Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart.
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I think I was the only kid on the block who knew about furniture scale by the time I was 8.
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I was teased if I brought my books home. I would take a paper bag to the library and put the books in the bag and bring them home. Not that I was that concerned about them teasing me - because I would hit them in a heartbeat. But I felt a little ashamed, having books.
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Audiences want and need a shared viewing experience.
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Sadat made us feel more secure.
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I can't stress how much my daughter is an inspiration to stay sober. When I come home and she opens those big blue eyes at me, it's the most amazing feeling I could ever feel.
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Ask yourself what 'problem' you have right now, not next year, tomorrow, or five minutes from now. What is wrong with this moment?
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I had never thought of myself as a dramatist, and, for really good technical results, the thought came too late: a man of letters has become too wordy to write economically for the stage.
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For people who are displaced, you can reconstruct the story of your life from the objects you have access to, but if you don't have the objects then there are holes in your life. This is why people in Bosnia - if anyone was running back into a burning house, it was to salvage photos.
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Working on an adaptation is not as satisfying, because it's not your original work: you're interpreting. With 'L.A. Confidential,' I loved the book. In that case, I felt I was guardian of the work, staying as true to the novel as I could. I've since met the novelist, and he loves the movie and the script.
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I don't see why women have to get naked to sell an album. It's crazy.
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My girlfriend has crabs, I bought her fishnet stockings.
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I have so much to grapple with, I don't think too much about me. People call it the "dance of a thousand egos" when you make a movie. If only I had time to worry when I was making a movie about what the hell I was doing. It's sort of a marathon every day. And then at the end of it, you beg the producers for five more marathons.
