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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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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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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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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When I was in law school, there was a used book store nearby. I picked up a Harlequin romance and read it. It was stress relieving.
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To return after long years of painful absence to some place which has been the scene of our former joys, and whence the force of circumstance, and not choice, has driven us, is oppressive to the heart.
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I have already reached out to the janata, and I am only trying to acquaint myself with people's problems.
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You just keep moving forward and doing what you do and hope that it resonates with people. And if it doesn't, you just keep moving on until you find a project that does.
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In this business, you just never know from day to day. It's one reason I held off getting too involved in entertainment. I like being able to plan, I like to know what I'm going to be doing.
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There is something truly restorative, finally comforting, in coming to the end of an illusion - a false hope.
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When a governor asks you to come and serve... or a president, subsequently in my life - you do so.
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My hair stands on end at the cost and charges of these boys. Why was I ever a father! Why was my father ever a father!
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Inspiration is everywhere - film, television, newspapers, novels, overheard conversations, whatever you can tap into. It's out there, and I've been at this long enough to know that it won't always just come to me; sometimes I have to go get it.
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I'd love to do a film with Mariah. But it would have to be a comedy. She's the funniest woman in the world, she just cracks me up all the time.
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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.
