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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Our workforce is very co-operative, very flexible, easy to work with and one of the big selling points. The idea that Britain is still back in the labour market of the '70s is utterly bizarre.
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The argument can be made: Maybe you want to trust the government, but you shouldn't because you don't know where things are going to go in the future.
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Bilingualism opens doors and provides opportunity to our children so they can shine and become successful in a labor market that is increasingly competitive and globalized.
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I was born and raised in a small village, and I didn't even think I was especially pretty.
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Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.
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You have to listen to the movie while you're making it. I think that's important.
