Andre Ovredal Quotes
I have to be strong about my own tastes because I think that's what the director's job is.
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I don't have any fear of intimacy, but rather thrive on it, which is rare in a public person.
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I think that as you grow up, as you get older, we can't get bitter, we can't get jaded.
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Whenever a film allows you to think and feel and take it beyond the moment, I think it's achieved something. And 'Funny Games' does that.
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I'm not actually even a very good singer. I'm not.
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I want babies. I think I'll be a great dad.
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I love comedy because I'm naturally a very silly person.
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He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him.
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After 9/11, I changed a lot of the ways I viewed the world. I realized my comedy and my politics and my view of the world did not match. I had to start writing from my heart.
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You become what you believe, not what you think or what you want.
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Inspiration is God making contact with itself.
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Your goal as a candidate - define others before they can define you.
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Americans are xenophobic, they will believe their own people rather than the adversary, even a friendly enemy voice.
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When I was nine, I was singing western swing: Roy Rogers and Patsy Cline. It got me noticed because no one my age was doing it, but it made me feel inferior because none of my friends could relate to it.
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I loved the writing process. I loved it.
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My children are grown now, they are more independent.
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Sometimes I play guitar like a frustrated drummer.
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It's really hard to use a laptop when you only have half a lap.
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I don't really live like a musician myself. I think music is just something that I do, but I'd like to be doing lots of other things. I like to cure all kinds of illness.
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There are things I'd wish weren't part of ageing. But what you gain is much more than you're giving up. I don't think you come into your own until you're 35 or so.
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The happiness you feel is in direct proportion to the love you give.
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I see the job of directing as being one of creating the right atmosphere, creating an environment where people can realize their full potential.
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Can I just tell you the truth? I get asked to do a lot of stuff. And all of the years that people have asked me to do things for the film festival, I couldn't. And so this year, I thought, "Oh, my god, I don't have a day job. If somebody ask me to do something, I'm going to do it."
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Really, the impetus driving me is I've always sung, but I like to act, I like drama, I like text, which is why opera is something I've come late to, I'd say.
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I have to be strong about my own tastes because I think that's what the director's job is.
