Tony Scott Quotes
I always get everyone prepared so there aren't so many arguments on set. I have a policy that the first thing I do in the morning is go over to the trailers and discuss exactly what we're shooting that day. It's time-consuming but it reduces the chances of 'misunderstandings' on set.
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I'm somewhat of a perfectionist, I think, and I strive for perfection.
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I don't really care that much about eating. But I like impressing people with how good a cook I am. So I will cook. I'm an excellent cook. Not many people know that about me.
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The Englishman never enjoys himself except for a noble purpose.
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I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
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I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.
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I'm a full-time mom right now and a part-time actress.
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Our plans for 'Superman?' I can't say. This is the most super secret thing ever. It's like working for the government, like I'm on a covert mission.
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Stuff that I write isn't as similar to the stuff that I'm in, but I don't really care. I just do comedy.
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Authoritarianism, an unrealistic occidental imagination - these issues will never be settled. Turkey will continue to take Europe as a model; it will continue to pursue its search for democracy.
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Write out the story - rapidly, fluently, and not too critically - following the second or narrative-order synopsis. Change incidents and plot whenever the developing process seems to suggest such change, never being bound by any previous design.
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I have my own definition of minimalism, which is that which is created with a minimum of means.
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So there is a personal sense of style for a given work - I don't like a general style, but every work has its own style, and I want to create a style for every work.
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Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process.
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My parents were laborers so we lived on South Park, which was a low-income region of Seattle. You had a choice - you either joined or formed a gang or you let others bully you.
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Nobody within motorcycling has or deserves any respect.
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If we don't have accurate information, if we are not able to tell difficult truth one to another, we will never be able to effectively design a policy for Iraq.
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I do have friends that are Republicans, and we have very spirited conversations on a whole range of issues. I am often baffled by why they are Republicans, but I enjoy the dialogue and can move beyond politics to find common ground in my personal relationships.
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My children have absolutely no interest in my fame. They're very sophisticated, and they have a spiritual perspective on material things because we go to church.
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We could see the storm approaching and were hustling to get to the barn and get the hay covered with a couple of large tarps. We drove right past the house and didn't notice anything wrong.
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We've become now an oligarchy instead of a democracy. And I think that's been the worst damage to the basic moral and ethical standards of the American political system that I've ever seen in my life.
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When I was teaching at an institution that bent over backward for foreign students, I was asked in class one day: "What is your policy toward foreign students?" My reply was: "To me, all students are the same. I treat them all the same and hold them all to the same standards." The next semester there was an organized boycott of my classes by foreign students. When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.
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I always get everyone prepared so there aren't so many arguments on set. I have a policy that the first thing I do in the morning is go over to the trailers and discuss exactly what we're shooting that day. It's time-consuming but it reduces the chances of 'misunderstandings' on set.
