William Friedkin Quotes
I don't like 3D. I don't believe there is any film that I have seen and loved that would have been improved by a scintilla in 3D. To me, it's just a gimmick.
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You have this ability in hip hop to be invincibly cool, and that is a part of G-Eazy.
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My stepfather was quite into opera, but he'd play it when he was in a bad mood, so you'd hear this boom through the floor, Wagner, and you'd feel nervous.
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We must all learn to adjust with our surroundings.
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I have short-term memory loss. I know that some of the memories of the Super Bowl championships are fading.
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No one inspired me to write, but writer Harlan Ellison terrified me into getting published.
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Retiring is the easy way out.
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I thought I'd be doing weird, Off Broadway theater after I graduated.
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When I was younger, I was insecure for about 10 years: I wore glasses, had a cow's lick, buck teeth and braces. I looked ridiculous.
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One of the things I like best about the Halloween show is that I change outfits about six times in the show. It is a lot of fun to play the different characters.
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If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.
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I am prepared to oppose a Jim Crow army till I rot in jail.
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Before 'Gremlins,' I was a normal person, then within two weeks of the movie coming out, I couldn't walk into a store without people turning around and staring. It's exciting and also scary because everyone starts telling you how amazing you are.
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'A living dog is better than a dead lion.' Judge Douglas, if not a dead lion for this work, is at least a caged and toothless one. How can he oppose the advances of slavery? He don't care anything about it.
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We are breaking new ground in the territory of dumb with 'Shooting Fish.' Dumb, but in good taste. Silly, but not ridiculous.
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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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All the animals I've painted always have a relationship with man. I have been told that part of the knowledge of the human anatomy comes from animals.
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Everything I want to do in my life, I want to be at the top.
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I'm not averse to telling people off.
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I get along so much better with fundamentalist Christians than I do with wishy-washy liberals, who want everyone to get along.
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China saves too much, produces too much, sells too much to Americans and consumes too little.
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The first presidential election I really paid attention to was in 1988 when George H. W. Bush ran against Michael Dukakis.
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I couldn't believe that Donald Trump won. I couldn't believe that we elected an orangutan to front the country.
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If I'm not working, I have home time with my family, and if I spend that stressing what's going to happen next, then it's a waste. I have a lot to be thankful for.
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I don't like 3D. I don't believe there is any film that I have seen and loved that would have been improved by a scintilla in 3D. To me, it's just a gimmick.
