Gary Ross Quotes
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If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly.
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I'm a big advocate of revisions, of living with something for a month and then realizing what needs changing, what was lazy, what could be better.
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When what we are is what we want to be, that's happiness.
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Music was a big outlet for me. Being able to play an instrument and sing was definitely a good way for me to escape things I was dealing with: family issues, growing up, being a kid and not knowing what I wanted to do with my life.
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I am always locked in my design studio.
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In Sweden, they broadcast the American shows in English with Swedish subtitles, whereas in many European countries they dub them. Watching those shows in English was big for me.
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In TV, you're always confused because you legitimately don't know what you're doing the next week.
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I'm thrilled that country music fans like my stuff, but so do a lot of people outside of country music, people who just love music. My goal is more to reach music lovers than to appeal to a genre. I love country music, and I'm proud to represent it, but I don't obsess over it as a category.
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If the script's good, everything you need is in there. I just try and feel it, and do it honestly. I also don't learn things for auditions, because I feel like it's just a test of memorizing rather than being real. Maybe every other actor would think that was terrible, I don't know. But it seems to have worked for me, so far.
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I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.
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I would say the larger the pool you have to select from, the more likely you are to find the most compatible person for you if you have the right algorithms working on your behalf.
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I'm interested in flawed protagonists. I was raised on them.
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Growing up, I'd just be at home, playing tennis, spending my allowance on an ice-cream truck.
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Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have.
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I'm a voracious reader, and I like to explore all sorts of writing without prejudice and without paying any attention to labels, conventions or silly critical fads.
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I think the reason they cast me as the good girls is because they couldn't find any in Hollywood.
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Creating a role is an interesting thing - each show or each situation is different.
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A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.
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To decide to become a philosopher seemed as foolish to me as to decide to become a poet.
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Properly used, positive reinforcement is extremely powerful.
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I particularly like Hershey's chocolate - the kind which has almonds in it.
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Many filmmakers have had that experience. They make a movie, then out of nowhere, they either pass censorship or fail.
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Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.
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You have to listen to the movie while you're making it. I think that's important.
