Mike Mills Quotes
I'm not a craftsman of graphics or art or film. I'm more of an idea generator and manufacturer.

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To get a film in Cannes is a real honor. To have it play and not get booed is a real relief.
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Stage and film are just two wildly different animals. Why compare the two?
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Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
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A nice blend of prediction and surprise seem to be at the heart of the best art.
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The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.
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I wanted to be an animator originally. I went to art school; I went to art college and everything. But that screen was just calling me.
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I work in the film business, where schmoozing is an art form, lunch hour lasts from 12:30 until 3, and every meeting takes an hour whether there's an hour's worth of business or not.
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I feel the art world in New York has a stronger following than Britain. If you go to a New York art district on a Saturday morning, it will be so busy with families and openings - art is much more ingrained in the culture.
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I write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty with concentrating, which in my case comes from being a film viewer.
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The thing that intrigued me about 'Breaking Bad' from day one was the idea of taking a character and transforming him.
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When I do a horror or a fantasy film it all boils down to something in the script that surprises me. It could be a big thing or a small moment. If it's there I'll do it.
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Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
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I've always been excited at the idea of performing a solo show.
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I know actors come around and they always talk like that, but I don't do publicity if I don't like the film.
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Anime is intended to have ambiguous features. That's part of the art form.
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To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.
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I despise the phony, fancy-pants rhetoric of professors aping jargon-filled European locutions - which have blighted academic film criticism for over 30 years.
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Some fellow from the Third World kept hammering for prizes for a Communist film which was rotten.
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If the money's right, I'll do a film.
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In this life he laughs longest who laughs last.
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I'm used to being behind a camera. That's much more natural for me. But if my life can inspire people, that's what I have to do. My idea is to be of service.
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I'm growing as an individual, but your always growing. All of my albums are snapshots of where I am artistically.
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I'm not a craftsman of graphics or art or film. I'm more of an idea generator and manufacturer.