Tony Gilroy (Anthony Joseph Gilroy) Quotes
Developing films with directors, developing films with actors, is a poor percentage play for a screenwriter.
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I love being a performer. It's like a hole that never closes. It's something in you that never dies.
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Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty.
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No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going.
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I always like to sing barefoot.
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In my personal life, I would just feel like, I will always be cool with everyone.
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It's not ideal to always be one eye on the Blackberry and two arms around my children. For the sake of mothers out there who don't have the Blackberry but do have the children and are hoping someone will be raising their voice on their behalf, it's a great privilege.
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The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.
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I am fighting my natural body shape to do what I do.
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When I was little, I guess I was just an ordinary kid. But then things changed when I was in junior high. You know, kids that become geeks become one because of something. Like, they aren't good at sports, or girls don't like them. I, too, for some reason, got into things like science fiction and, well, especially science fiction as an escape.
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What I would like to be remembered for is that Walter Washington changed the spirit of the people of this city, that he came in as mayor when there was hate and greed and misunderstanding among our people and the races were polarized.
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When you're 47 years old and playing at a world-class level in the fastest sport, and you have zero percent body fat, you need to be brought down a peg as often as possible.
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I'm a Reuben kinda girl, but I'll take a BLT with avocado in a red hot minute if it comes on ciabatta.
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I have always been the girl who keeps on trying. I try! I try!
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I strongly believe that good books are the best home accessory.
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I speak the language of television.
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Concerts every night, autograph signings, endorsements, and so on. That's not what real life is about.
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I mean... directing is a holy, unpleasant experience, to be perfectly honest.
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Warfare against civilians must never be answered in kind. Terror must never be answered with terror.
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The U.S., especially Hollywood, is so strong for film production.
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In most of my films I write the music into the script. I'm listening to songs and lyrics that empower the themes of the film. There's a lot of Indigenous music that has not been heard widely and I love the idea of giving that music to the rest of the world.
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Clearly, there is some invisible force that is moving every aspect of reality to its next best expression. And the universe is not only self-organizing, it is also self-correcting. The embryo becomes a baby; the baby is born; its lungs continue to breathe - not only were they created but then they continue to breathe. The heart is not only created but it continues to breathe. If there is injury and disease that becomes present within the body, the body is also equipped with an immune system to correct that.
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Developing films with directors, developing films with actors, is a poor percentage play for a screenwriter.
