Alex Scarrow Quotes
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I did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to stardom. What I was on my way to, by any mathematical standards known to man, was oblivion, by way of obscurity.
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We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.
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There are places where writing is acting and acting is writing. I'm not so interested in the divisions. I'm interested in the way things cross over.
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That's what film can do in a way that TV and other long-form storytelling can't. It gives you this very immersive moment.
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I developed an optical lure that imitates certain types of bioluminescent displays that I think might be attractive to large predators. The other way to do it is just use dead bait, but I think dead bait attracts scavengers, and we wanted to attract active predators.
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Indian writers have appropriated English as an Indian language, and that gives a certain freshness to the way we write.
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I hate to sound this way but, 'Why me? Why me with dementia?'
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Government can do best by simply getting out of the way.
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Bob Dylan has a way with words that simply blows me away. When he forgets his lyrics he just makes up new ones on the spot, that is what I called talented!
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I love wearing my hair curly, but turning the curling iron all the way up creates curls that look really made up and artificial.
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Entertainment has this way of resetting itself.
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Success is a high, but the way up is hard, and you have to give your all.
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I've now been in over 100 adverts for Walkers, and we've had a lot of laughs along the way.
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You can't achieve anything without getting in someone's way.
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Our cultural capital has changed tremendously on its way into the twenty-first century. Manhattan has been secured and sanitized; it's smoke- and trans-fat-free. In the boroughs, many of the old jungles have been cleared as well.
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Don't hire for the sake of hiring. Hire because there is no other way to do what you want to do.
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One of my favorite cartoon characters is Snoopy. I love the way he sits and lies on his kennel and contemplates the great things of life.
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Obviously I'd love to work with any of these great directors because every time I've worked with them I've gained a tremendous amount as an actor. Each director has his own way of pushing you towards improving yourself.
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On a certain level, I don't think there is an answer to what the American way is, because it is constantly being re-defined. It's also been exploited and capitalized upon and politicized by one side or the other to the point that a certain degree of cynicism has attached itself to that term.
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You have to understand that you are not making the film for yourself; you're making it for the audience. If I am asking my audiences to buy tickets, I owe them the worth of their money, and I owe them entertainment.
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Greg is a seasoned veteran with leadership experience in operations and finance, ... His broad, balanced understanding of the enterprise gives him the insights needed to direct our corporate staffs, guide our corporate strategy and offer good counsel at the highest levels of the Company.
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We all die eventually. But the one thing we can do is seek answers along the way.
