Todd Solondz Quotes
I love working with actors. If you cast the right person in the right part at the right time, they make you look like a better writer and director than you really are.
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The lunch in a normal American restaurant is very problematic for me. I don't like to have hot food for lunch.
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Actually, I am a golfer. That is my real occupation. I never was an actor. Ask anybody, particularly the critics.
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In this business, it's easy for either your heart or your head to be swayed, and I try to always stay true to who I am.
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You've got to love acting and that's true for me. I love the idea of getting on stage and getting in front of a camera.
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On my show 'One on One', I interview leaders from around the world - in politics, business, art. My other show, 'Her Village', is more like 'The View'.
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My grandma passed away from cancer, and actually, when I was 18, I had an experience with melanoma – it's in the family. I had that experience where everything comes into perspective. It's the weirdest thing, 'cause you're like, 'It will never happen to me,' and when it does, it's like, 'OK, wow.'
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I use coconut oil every single day. I apply coconut oil on my whole body for moisturising. The oil can also be used as make-up remover, as it is light-based and is not sticky.
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The thing is, often press people ask questions that are so personal that even your nearest and dearest wouldn't ask them.
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With relationships, I've been through a lot of different situations with different people, and I write about it.
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A new breed of Republicans has taken over the GOP. It is a new breed which is seeking to sell to Americans a doctrine which is as old as mankind - the doctrine of racial division, the doctrine of racial prejudice, the doctrine of white supremacy.
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I am not a madman or a nut.
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We asked Jane Fonda if she would like to meet American pilots in Hanoi, but she refused, she didn't want to.
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Yeah, I don't necessarily like endings that contrive an artificial moment of completion.
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I like to work.
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I love the French horn.
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One thing I love about Christmas music is that it has a tradition of warmth.
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As in any war, there have been dreadful mistakes and civilian casualties. The difference is when Israelis kill innocents they apologize; when Hezbollah kills innocents they celebrate.
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I don't claim to be a great vocalist, but I know how to work my voice with its limitations. My talent is I know how to work what I have. It might not always be a picture-perfect performance, but what we look for is the emotion.
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I'm still a member of the Empire! Although I sometimes feel like an American with a British accent - you get contaminated after so long.
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Just now, Christianity is in the ascendant. Buddhism and Taoism are decadent; their influence cannot long hold its own. Buddhism has long since passed its meridian; Taoism has only demons, not gods.
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I find great lighting and a squint of the eyes makes anyone look better.
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If you have one person you’re influenced by, everyone will say you’re the next whoever. But if you rip off a hundred people, everyone will say you’re so original!
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I love working with actors. If you cast the right person in the right part at the right time, they make you look like a better writer and director than you really are.
