Andre Ovredal Quotes
To me, a film is like a piece of architecture. There are so many details that all, in the end, end up being one thing.
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Today, not to take away from any of the present artists, but music has gotten a little shallow, in my opinion. Everybody's talking about the same thing: sex, money, clothes, cheating... I want to open up not necessarily better conversations, but, in my opinion, more important ones, and touch on things that are actually going on.
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When you write a play, you work out like a musician on a piece of music. You find all the rhythms and the melody and the harmonies and take them as they come.
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When someone has to intervene to defend the liberty of the press, that society is sick.
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Conscience is God present in man.
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I don't believe in strong-arming people.
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If you can live in Vegas, or visit Vegas, and leave in one piece, still loving it and somehow laughing about it, you should spend at least part of your last night in town doing something that will serve you well no matter where you go next: thank your lucky stars.
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My job was to get a fair and open hearing to all ideas.
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When I'm in 'Man vs. Wild' mode, it's not pleasure. Every sensor is firing and I'm on reserve power all the time and I'm digging deep - and that's the magic of it as well, and that's raw and it's great.
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No, you will never see me on 'Dancing With the Stars.' Sorry.
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What I do miss that I don't get anymore? You're going to think I'm crazy, but you want the truth, so here it is. The lights! I miss the spotlights. I don't mean it figuratively. I mean it literally. I love the feeling of lights.
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I'm a cynic about corporate democracy and boards.
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I have what is probably the largest big bike collection in the city: a Fat Boy, a sportser Harley Davidson and two Yamahas. All these are 1200cc-plus bikes. Riding these bikes is something I still do and some trekking as well.
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There is violence in real life but I would never impose violence in a film just to attract the audience.
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To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard.
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I have been involved with the USO really my entire life. The first show I did for the USO, I was nine years old.
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Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
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People used to think of me as a comedy actor.
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I continued writing the bad plays which fortunately nobody would produce, just as no one did me the unkindness of publishing my early novels.
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Photography is 90% sheer, brutal drudgery! The other 10% is inspiration!!
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I am no longer afraid of becoming lost, because the journey back always reveals something new, and that is ultimately good for the artist.
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You can never trust a human being to behave as you would have expected in a given circumstance
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I love the idea I can go off with a single camera and a few rolls of film unencumbered... I was not interested in the illusion of reality, I wanted to get close to what was happening.
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To me, a film is like a piece of architecture. There are so many details that all, in the end, end up being one thing.
