Nico Muhly Quotes
For me the best kind of film music is liturgical music. Liturgical music is essentially a million scores for the same film.
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Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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Working with Bruno Mars would be really awesome. I'm such a fan of his, and I love that he's a real artist.
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If we took information only from sources with which we agreed on all issues, we would be left with merely quoting ourselves, and we would miss a great deal of truth.
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No characters in 'Stay Close,' including the leads, are black and white. I want them to be grey. I think that makes for a much more interesting reading experience, something that will stay with you a little bit longer.
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I've done a lot of Super Bowls and appeared in a lot of big, big events and places and the Masters and what have you, but there was nothing as intimidating as speaking with Billy Graham.
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Really, the '70s and '80s were a blur.
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The goal is always to do B material in an A fashion.
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I'm not a person who embraces challenges. I run from challenges. I break world records running from challenges.
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Characters actors don't usually get noticed until they're about 38 or so.
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I think maybe because I do other things and they mean as much to me as movie acting, it takes the onus off me. It's not the end of the world if I can't get a film job, or if a movie doesn't turn out well - even though I don't like it when that happens.
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I have worshipped woman as the living embodiment of the spirit of service and sacrifice.
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I always had acting work when I needed it. I think that is why, when I watch films or TV series in America, I find in small roles or in supporting roles really amazing faces, where I have the feeling these people have actually had a life outside of acting. I find it almost a pity that I've never done anything else.
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Once you do one bad guy, usually all you get offered is bad guys. But I've been able to do different things.
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I don't focus on the scale. I focus on doing my job. The team staff and the program I've been working on, they've been touching on that, but I don't focus on the scale.
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I don't like when I look too cluttered.
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I'm not interested in making all-black films - I come from a very diverse culture; I want to work with every type of person. I work a lot with women executives because they seem to be a lot more open minded about that and a lot more progressive in that way.
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Make sure you have a clear understanding of your values and intent, then use technology to enable that. What the tech won't do is compensate for a lack of strategy.
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I come from a part of the world - raised in a part of the world where you're born a Democrat, baptized a Democrat.
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Many of my old friends are gone now. I have a hard time dealing with the fact that they're just not there to talk to. I can't call them up for a rabbit-skin glue recipe anymore.
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A lot of writing depends on being comfortable around the people you work with. I want it to feel like I'm working with friends.
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His gaze brushed over her, abstract and hungry. "You burn so very brightly, you know" "Yeah," she muttered. "You said.
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For me the best kind of film music is liturgical music. Liturgical music is essentially a million scores for the same film.
