Dan Castellaneta Quotes
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Reading the several thousand pages of Christopher Isherwood's complete journals is an instructive corrective to the prissiness of reading fiction. Isherwood had faults that we'd say were unforgiveable in a novel (he was careful to distance himself from these in his autobiographical fiction).
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What other grown-up gets told how to do their job so often as a writer?
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I used to kind of go for it, right? Like, I'd be the one who would say, 'All right, there's Kate Moss. I'm going to try to make out with her.'
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In American films, Russians are often portrayed like cartoon villains without clear motivations.
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Film has to describe and show.
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If it wasn't for what goes on in the world of politics, we wouldn't really have much of a show.
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I have to say, sushi freaks me out more than almost anything.
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I hear a lot of 'Top Model' girls say they are dismissed by clients because they recognize them, but it never happened to me.
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I'm proud to say I've never been anybody's lapdog.
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It's not a terribly original thing to say, but I love Raymond Carver. For one thing, he's fun to read out loud.
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Traditionalists often study what is taught, not what there is to create.
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The main thing is to know something and to say it.
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Women can really be who they are. I'm about to say the F word, feminist. Often that word has such a negative connotation.
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Money often costs too much.
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What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.
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My worst date would be with someone nervous who has nothing to say. I like people who inspire me.
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They can say I have an opinion about something.
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I use that as my responsibility on the show, to be the pragmatist.
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There's show and there's business. Business is a whole other beat.
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I'm usually very attracted to things that I can't define. If something's too clear, it's very often not inspiring to me anymore.
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When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
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The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.
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Do not wish for quick results, nor look for small advantages. If you seek quick results, you will not reach the ultimate goal. If you are led astray by small advantages, you will never accomplish great things.
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I often say, if I wasn't part of the show I'd be a huge fan of it.
