Andrew Loog Oldham Quotes
The Beatles looked like they were in show business, and that was the important thing. And the important thing for the Rolling Stones was to look as if they were not.
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Clothing and makeup and hair and all of that so much indicates the kind of person you are inside and the person you are presenting on the outside. Sometimes they are in conflict, and sometimes they are the same. That psychology of the exterior informing the interior is just so interesting.
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Be a good-looking corpse. Leave a good-looking tattoo.
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The box office has become global. I think that factors in to the question of how to portray different ethnicities and cultures.
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I'm associated with gospel music in the minds of millions of people.
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I was ordained one of the standing High Council in Zion, under the hands of President Joseph Smith.
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My dad is a Chatty Cathy, the social butterfly; friendly; knows everybody in the whole world by six degrees; tells me that every performance is the greatest he's ever seen, every new outfit is the coolest. Constant cheerleader.
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For some reason, Superman seems to be held to higher standards on the subject of secret/super identities than other superheroes. No one ever says, 'Peter Parker was a nerdy kid. He can't possibly be Spider-Man, attract a good-looking gal, work in a newspaper, etc.' And no one gets hung up on whether his nerdiness is a disguise.
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I don't know that I'd call myself an optimist.
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I like 'Rocky Horror.'
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I understand Tea Partyers' anger with the system, but they are in way over their heads and often racially motivated, and I can't be part of that.
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People don't know how to behave in public anymore.
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We don't want to be our own niche. We're filmmakers like everybody. How many years in a row are we going to talk about the fact that we make films and we are women? Enough already.
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My family is a middle-class family. When I grew up and learned how much it actually cost for us to play hockey, I could not believe that my parents let us play as long as they did.
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Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.
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I don't think that the trickle-down theory of diversity ever really works.
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The secret of food lies in memory - of thinking and then knowing what the taste of cinnamon or steak is.
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I've never wanted to be the hottest star. I always wanted to do good movies.
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The name on the front of the jersey is what really matters, not the name on the back.
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You can't go around the theatres handing out cards saying, 'It isn't my fault'. You go onto the next one.
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I do believe if we opened up a comedy theater in a city, that we're going to be able to teach improv better than whoever's there already. In general, I think I could say that.
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Nobody has had more awful things written about them than me.
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A great deal has been accomplished by the team, and I do think it important that it goes on and it is allowed to reach its full conclusion. In fact, I really believe it ought to be better resourced and totally focused on WMD; that that is important to do it.
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I believe in the difference that a man or woman can make at the top of an organisation. Once you have a really good guy in place at the top, the next most important thing is continuity of management as opposed to a revolving door.
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The Beatles looked like they were in show business, and that was the important thing. And the important thing for the Rolling Stones was to look as if they were not.
