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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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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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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Pride in the case of a rich man is bad, but pride in the case of a poor man is worse.
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I think if I had been writing fiction, where the work is entirely dependent on the writer's creativity and the potential directions the narrative might take are infinite, I might have frozen.
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The reason why I love to win is because I don't have to go through that feeling of losing. It's those times where I lose that feeling that will stick with me.
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You risk working with this director, you risk making this movie, you risk working with another actor you don't know. It makes your heart beat faster. And it keeps you interested.
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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.
