Jack O'Brien Quotes
People are so familiar with the show that I think they're perfectly happy to let it go by without asking any questions. There's a passivity to how we experience 'The Sound of Music.'
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I usually get all my stress and anger out at the gym. But when I get out, I'm kind of a pleasant person - really.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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I don't like to practice; I like spontaneity. When I don't play guitar for a week and I pick it up again, I play better.
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I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.
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I've never met anybody who says they don't like the World Cup. If you're a soccer fan or not, everybody loves watching it, and I think it could be the same for other sports.
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Jose Mourinho is a big star... he's cool.
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From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre - the actors just seemed to be having so much fun. One of my worries about theatre, in fact, is that the actors are quite often having more fun than the audience.
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It is an endless procession of surprises. The expected rarely occurs and never in the expected manner.
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And my friends, you ain't seen nothin' yet.
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The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles.
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It's no fun for me to cover a song and produce it the exact same way as it already exists. When I hear that happening, I have to say, 'What's the point?'
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Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.
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During the Cold War, the U.S. instituted a policy of sending money to governments in poor countries to buy their political loyalty. While studies show that sending aid to foreign governments creates allegiance, it does not lead to economic progress.
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I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.
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I hate to say it, but there seems to have been some sort of dumbing down as far as movies go.
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The Japanese have a strong tendency to suppress their own feelings. That's the Japanese character. They kill their own emotions.
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I think all actors have a similar deal. You want some people who understand. Although it looks great - and is great - there are also shoddy moments when you feel really rotten, and when it's going well, you're not allowed to complain.
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You must enjoy the journey because whether or not you get there, you must have fun on the way.
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In France, we don't yet have the craft that American TV does or big studios like Paramount. It was so cool going through those famous gates when you have your own little pass and picture on it. Woo hoo, I'm going to work!
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Eroticism thrives in the space between the self and the other.
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If you sort of treat the environment in sort of this mechanical, industrial way that there's a disconnect between man and the environment, it's very easy to treat people that way.
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I don't think I'm very much like anyone else, really. I'm sure there are aspects of other actors that I share, but I don't see anybody else and go, 'Damn, they stole my thing.' I'm me, and I like that there are people who have an appreciation for that.
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Reality really is theater. There's no other way to describe it. It's all so nonsensical, ridiculous and chaotic.
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People are so familiar with the show that I think they're perfectly happy to let it go by without asking any questions. There's a passivity to how we experience 'The Sound of Music.'
