Nathan Lane Quotes
I didn't know Charlie before doing the movie, but I was a huge fan of the British Queer as Folk.
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I find it very difficult to say no when I'm in Ireland. You do end up going around doing lots of events and things and not getting work done, and it's not just a question of having hours at the desk.
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I've made up little mantras for myself, catchphrases from a screenwriting book that doesn't exist. One is 'Write the movie you'd pay to go see.' Another is 'Never let a character tell me something that the camera can show me.'
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I'd love to do a movie where the monster is human, where the issue is not otherworldly, or horror or science fiction.
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I'm the worst at picking what movies are going to do well. I have no idea. I'm really surprised if a movie I like does well.
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I started modelling when I was 13, so I learned a lot of things. I actually love doing make-up on other people, too.
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Some of the most fun people I know are scientists.
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Standing up on the right to trial by jury is something that, really, a lot of people should agree with, you know, both on the Right and the Left.
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I don't know how old I was when I started writing books. But, I was born in 1931, and I wrote my first book in 1961.
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I'm obsessed. I've always needed to know what's going on but now it's a must.
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I was doing community theater since I was about nine.
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'Inside Out' - that was a really good movie. That's the first animated movie I saw since 'The Lego Movie.'
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People will turn their noses up at a sequel or that type of thing, but Pixar really works hard - if they're making a sequel - to make a sequel an original movie, to make it an original story.
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Any good writer is going to be well-received and is going to not be well-received; that's how you know you're a great writer.
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I'd rather have one good scene in a movie by a great director than a small role in a mediocre movie.
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Know or listen to those who know.
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Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
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I think that most people don't even know that I do other things. They think that Homer is all that I do.
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Don't look for approval in what everyone else is doing; look for approval from Almighty God.
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I think there is something for all of us where you find a balance in your life, where you feel that everything you do isn't about your own creature comforts or satisfying your own appetites. Some of it has to be directed outward and there is a huge satisfaction in that.
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When I do stand-up for a long time, I'll get burned out, then I'll get an acting gig. For me, the grass is always greener. I'd like to do a mixture of all of it. My goal is just to do small movies that I've written. That's what I'm trying to do now, just write smaller movies.
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It doesn't take that many years for a kid to realise that they're going to die. It's always there in the back of their mind the rest of their lives.
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Many can argue that it is our power of intelligence that is the key to the human domination of our planet. I suggest that it is the ability to put our thoughts into words that can be communicated to others.
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My advice for first-time filmmakers: don't sit around waiting for the money to come your way; it's much easier to go out and start. Nowadays, you can go out and shoot very inexpensively and discover whether or not filmmaking is your thing.
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I didn't know Charlie before doing the movie, but I was a huge fan of the British Queer as Folk.
