Behdad Sami Quotes
I would rather be on a roller coaster life going through hell and back to appreciate the glory instead of having it all at once.
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They're always so serious, the orchestras, you know? It's always a fun contrast of that song and the genre of music. And me.
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Iggy Pop has a voice that's somehow simultaneously self-mocking, wild, precise, amused, righteous, cool, contained and bold. I don't know how he does what he does.
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I have to protect myself because people think that because you come into 25 million homes every week, they know you. I walk the line between being gracious and being rude.
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Kids are taking music for free all the time. They have Spotify, Pandora... The record companies aren't making the kind of music that they used to make. Artists make their money on tours, not from album sales.
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I think with world building, it's important to create a sense of culture even if it is just a fantasy, and the best way to do that is to look at a real human culture and see what makes it cohesive.
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I was approached in Texas to be a model a few times. One of my first jobs was the cover of a CD.
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.
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There's something unnatural about losing a sibling when they're young.
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People - and dogs - are dying to be trained.
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The money I earn from films means I can help the people I want to help - you can do a lot of good if you want to.
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If you can tune into your purpose and really align with it, setting goals so that your vision is an expression of that purpose, then life flows much more easily.
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Actively deciding to give to causes that move you deeply is far more fulfilling than the momentary gratification derived from signing a check and mailing it to a nonprofit about which you know little more than what's on the brochure they sent you.
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I have a strong affinity for animals.
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We're becoming so much better at destigmatizing all sorts of things, including mental illness in 'Silver Linings.'
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No man ever listened himself out of a job.
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Once the bear's hug has got you, it is apt to be for keeps.
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Doing a lot of drama earlier in my career and now exploring comedy has been a treat for me, and I've had an absolute blast, and I hope to continue.
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Cinema is far too rich and capable a medium to be merely left to the storytellers.
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Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble; in a statue the marble must be like flesh.
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TV, film, and theater are considered art, and art is a reflection of life. What happens in life includes violence, unfortunately.
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I believe that God is very real. I believe that I live my life every day inside the reality of this God. I call this God by different words. I describe God as the source of life and the source of love and the ground of being.
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Your dreams may not be happening, and things aren't turning out the way you expected, but that doesn't mean your life is spinning out of control. It just means you're not in control.
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I would rather be on a roller coaster life going through hell and back to appreciate the glory instead of having it all at once.
