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Someday. That's a dangerous word. It's really just a code for 'never'.
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Perception and reality are two different things.
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Here's how I've lived my life: I've never been late to a set. I make films I believe in. I feel privileged to be able to do what I love.
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Talk is over-rated as a means of settling disputes.
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I don't care what someone believes. I don't care what nationality they are. But if someone wants to get off drugs, I can help them. If someone wants to learn how to read, I can help them. If someone doesn't want to be a criminal anymore, I can give them tools that can better their life.
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My childhood was extremely lonely. I was dyslexic and lots of kids make fun of me. That experience made me tough inside, because you learn to quietly accept ridicule.
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If someone wants to know about Scientology, they should just go and read about it themselves. That's the best way to do it.
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They smell good. They look pretty. I love women. I do.
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When I'm promoting a film, I'm not going to get caught up in anything else, and that includes all my personal things.
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I don't care if you print something nasty about me. If it's true, fine. I don't care. But just make sure it's the truth.
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I don't hide from cameras or anything. It doesn't bother me. I don't seek our press for the women I'm dating, but if it finds me, it finds me.
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I've always thought of the audience. I just want to entertain the audience. That's what it's about: what's good for the movie, what's best for the movie, what's best for the audience.
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My name is Joel Goodson. I deal in human fulfillment. I grossed over eight thousand dollars in one night.
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I always look for a challenge and something that's different.
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Nothing ends nicely, that's why it ends.
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I've gotten very good at scheduling my life, scheduling the scene and preparing myself for knowing, saving the energy, consuming the energy, knowing when to go for it and having the available reserves to be able to do that. You have to think about that, because it's endurance.
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I don't care who you are, life has challenges.
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I've been... chased by paparazzi, and they run lights, and they chase you and harass you the whole time. It happens all over the world, and it has certainly gotten worse. You don't know what it's like being chased by them.
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Everybody dies, Sally. The thing is to die well.
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When I was about 7 years old, I had been labeled dyslexic. I'd try to concentrate on what I was reading, then I'd get to the end of the page and have very little memory of anything I'd read. I would go blank, feel anxious, nervous, bored, frustrated, dumb. I would get angry. My legs would actually hurt when I was studying. My head ached. All through school and well into my career, I felt like I had a secret. When I'd go to a new school, I wouldn't want the other kids to know about my learning disability, but then I'd be sent off to remedial reading.
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There is no such thing as a chemical imbalance.
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People go for help, but their lives don't get better because of those psychiatric drugs. They get worse. They feel numb and they're told that's a good thing. It's how you degrade a society - by drugging the piss out of it.
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We knew from the beginning the level of commitment needed. We felt honored to work with Stanley Kubrick. We were going to do what it took to do this picture, whatever time, because I felt - and Nicole Kidman did, too - that this was going to be a really special time for us. We knew it would be difficult. But I would have absolutely kicked myself if I hadn`t done this.
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You know what? I’m sure drug dealers on the street, in some way, they are making money. That’s what I equate it to. Here is the thing: you have to understand, with psychiatry, there is no science behind it. And to pretend that there is a science behind it is criminal.
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