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Larger-than-life characters make up about .01 percent of the world's population.
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Dear God, thank you for my life. I forgot how big and wonderful it is.
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I'm not saying I'm not bummed if a movie doesn't do well, but that isn't the final analysis of whether it's any good.
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I've made over 20 movies, and 5 of them are good.
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Even the simplest choice can make a jaw-dropping difference in our world.
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All the kids are gone. It's the greatest thing that has ever happened to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hanks. I'll tell you that right now. Second greatest after having the kids in the first place. When they go, holy smoke, it's like you're dating again. It's fantastic. Also, we were doing an awful lot of work.
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You don't necessarily go in to talk to the person to try to find some secret key to the lock.
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The "Toy Story" films accomplish what timeless classics aim for - innocent characters who face an endless trail of adventures.
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I come from the school of That Horse is Not Dead.
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Truth is, I'll never know all there is to know about you just as you will never know all there is to know about me. Humans are by nature too complicated to be understood fully. So, we can choose either to approach our fellow human beings with suspicion or to approach them with an open mind, a dash of optimism and a great deal of candour.
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But television, when I was doing it, was all about scoring. You had to make these jokes bang, do whatever you could to make the material really pop. And if it didn't, there was something wrong with the material, or with you.
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Directing is a constant test of your communicative powers. You're constantly trying to explain people your vision of what you want and steer these tiny little details into a cohesive thing.
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Without question, we make choices - and those choices have consequences. So can you control your own destiny? To a degree, certainly. Must you have faith in serendipity? Without question, you'd better. Otherwise you're foolish.
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Are you crying? There's no crying. There's no crying in baseball.
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That's what's nice about directing a film and having it done: There's nothing more I can do about it. It's done. That's it. All I can do is let it go and hope that people are kind to it.
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As an actor I am always waiting for my luck to run out.
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The truth is that everyone pays attention to who's number one at the box office. And none of it matters, because the only thing that really exists is the connection the audience has with a movie.
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Help and you will abolish apathy-the void that is so quickly filled by ignorance and evil.
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I know how the Academy Awards works: It's a card game, and I'm in the toss-up category.
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I don't think anybody's mind's gonna be changed.
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I've worked with people who are much further to the left than I am and much further to the right than I am. At the end of the day, who gives a ... . Good for you. This is America. Vote your conscience.
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If you look at romantic comedies as pieces of commerce, the audience is looking for wish fulfillment.
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An animatic is a process where every voice and every sound effect is added to rough animated drawings and it lasts exactly as long as the final movie. So you actually get to go into a screening room with the rest of the cast and you get to see it all at the same time.
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I have a woman who teaches me what love is every day. Maybe that sentiment is possible to fake, but for me it's really true.