Amy Holden Jones Quotes
Screenwriting is a terrible way to make a living and I always try to talk anyone out of it. Until you sit in a story meeting with studio executives with no particular ability or actors who haven't even graduated high school telling you exactly how to change your script, you haven't experienced what it's really like to be a screenwriter in Hollywood. Also, unlike novelists and playwrights, you don't own the copyright on your original material. It hurts when you sell a project you love and then suddenly the project you really cared about will never see the light of day.
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Music was a way of rebelling against the whole rah-rah high school thing.
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My singing is part of me, like my stoutness, or my light hair, or my poor eyesight.
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The American school system's a little warped, so anyone can get a degree if they have a little money.
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As a boy soprano in the high school choir, I later sang a solo during the carol service at Canterbury Cathedral, but I was too young to secure the Freddy Eynsford-Hill role in our production of 'My Fair Lady' - and far too timid to have thought to audition for it.
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My father is best known for his light comedies, and I'm best known for crazy bad guys with short tempers.
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I always did TV commercials and made great money to put myself through school. That became guest starring roles on TV shows.
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My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light.
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'Twilight' is a breathlessly addictive read with a love story that sucks people in.
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Shame on me if I don't try to do more with what I have. It would be... a terrible thing to waste this opportunity to try to make a difference.
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I wanted to take on my full name, which was sort of a crazy thing to do considering that we're in Hollywood.
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The sun can give heat and light to the whole world, but he cannot do so when the clouds shut out his rays. Similarly as long as egotism veils the heart, God cannot shine upon it.
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When I got into drama school, that's when I knew that I could safely say that I wanted to be a professional actor.
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Throughout high school, I peddled my eggs, had a vendor stand at the local curb market - precursor to today's farmers' markets - and competed in 4-H contests and interscholastic debate.
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I first read about hypnotism at school, and I used to do tricks like getting a really skinny guy to arm wrestle the local bully.
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I could've played basketball, but my mind was on baseball. I didn't know what I was in for. In high school it was a matter of talent. No one told you what to do.
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Whether it's in an inner-city school or a rural community, I want those students to have a chance to take A.P. biology and A.P. physics and marine biology.
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I had creative control over my character, which means if they wanted me to do something that I didn't agree with, then I wouldn't do it. If it was good for the show, then I had no problem. If it was demeaning to the character and wasn't adding a positive light to the show, then I can guarantee that I wouldn't do it.
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My next step must be to go to drama school. Well, I get into drama school, so I did that.
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I think love is huge, overwhelming. I think it's terrible and beautiful.
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Capital punishment has probably been responsible for a good deal of human progress. The overwhelming majority of those executed were of the sort whose departures for bliss eternal improved the average intelligence and decency of the race.
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Occasionally, if I am very confident in the establishment, I'll risk an egg salad on Dutch crunch, but I must be very confident indeed.
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America's health depends on all businesses, not just healthcare companies, to do their part.
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I want answers now or I want them eventually!
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Screenwriting is a terrible way to make a living and I always try to talk anyone out of it. Until you sit in a story meeting with studio executives with no particular ability or actors who haven't even graduated high school telling you exactly how to change your script, you haven't experienced what it's really like to be a screenwriter in Hollywood. Also, unlike novelists and playwrights, you don't own the copyright on your original material. It hurts when you sell a project you love and then suddenly the project you really cared about will never see the light of day.
