Tony Scott Quotes
Research is what drives me. When I get a script, I go to the real world and touch the real people.
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If you ever meet an actor who's the child of actors, they'll never tell you that they wanted to be a star. But what I did realise early on was that I just wanted to be in that tribe.
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All of the characters in my films, they share one commonality. It doesn't matter whether they are good or bad, it doesn't matter whether they are smart or stupid, these characters all take responsibility for their own behavior. I'm much the same.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence.
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When I found this opportunity to answer the ad, I got the job and I've been there ever since.
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I love music. I still play cello a few times a week.
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I was interested in making work that physically changed as it circulated through the art world.
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No one in my family has been observant for generations, but we all identify with being Jewish.
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I think music has gone through a period of something very severe, rather radical, rather the way painting did with cubism.
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If you never give up, you'll be successful.
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The coolest thing about the series is that we stay very true to the books; it would be silly for us not to, because the books are exactly what the fans want to see. There's an action side to it, which I love, and there are werewolves now. There aren't just vampires. There's a wolf pack.
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I grew up backstage and on movie sets, and I thought they were the most magical places on Earth.
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My childhood was surrounded by books and writing. From a very early age I was fascinated by storytelling, by the printed word, by language, by ideas. So I would seek them out.
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Lots of people speak Afrikaans. It's not a statement; it's just a language that we use to communicate. It has its own flavour; it's got its own slang. People laugh. People like it. They like us being open.
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Economics is not a discipline that comes to correct answers - economies are too complex.
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The classic epic fantasy is good versus evil, underdog against power.
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I love watching scary movies because you always wonder what happens next, and that's what's going to happen on 'The Haunting Hour:' you're always going to want to know what happens next.
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I would like to spend my next two years showing how the aim of making technology available to every young person can be built into the effort to make our nation more secure. That is my latest concern and what I will be pushing over the next two years.
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Some deemed him wondrous wise, and some believed him mad.
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Gonzo . . . acidic hilarity . . . 'The Fun Parts' has fine moments, but it's not the whole Lipsyte story. Read it with 'The Ask' if you really want to know how a mordant jokester with a madman's imagination became a literary rock star.
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When I saw 'My Fair Lady,' I was surprised at how mean and misogynistic Henry was. Maybe that's why it's dropping out of public consciousness.
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I'm really not into casual clothes for a cocktail party. I like to see fun people, having fun, in fun clothes.
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Some people blow their top, but all people blow their bottom.
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Research is what drives me. When I get a script, I go to the real world and touch the real people.
