Rick Moranis Quotes
I'm a single parent, and I just found that it was too difficult to manage raising my kids and doing the traveling involved in making movies. So I took a little bit of a break. And the little bit of a break turned into a longer break, and then I found that I really didn't miss it.
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My father was 40 when he had me, so he was more a grandparent than a parent.
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In the movies, the writer is just the servant, the employee.
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Nobody's going to give you everything on a silver tray. It's going to be difficult.
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Doing voices in animated movies has been one of my dreams. You get to go and act, and you don't have to put on makeup.
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That's sort of like asking a parent who their favorite child is. It's very hard to determine. Sometimes I'll get feedback from somebody who liked this part of the show. Others like another part of the show.
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I was never a big fan of horror. I got into it making these films, but I don't ever see myself doing slasher movies. The kind of horror film I like is 'The Shining.' I don't really like slashers, but I love thrillers with tension.
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Being a parent is about your survival. Surviving the terrible two's is the most important thing.
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But I notice that there is a lack of darkness in my movies and I don't know where that comes from.
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I first heard African drum rhythms and chants at the movies. Then, when I had the opportunity to go to Africa and visit the villages, I heard the real, raw, true rhythms and realised the origins of the old Negro spirituals I grew up with in the South.
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It is very difficult to work in another language, and it is also very challenging.
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I like my country, but I don't think like an Italian. It's a complex, complicated difficult country to make things happen in.
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I sort of approach wrestling the way Johnny Depp approaches movies. I don't really care necessarily what I'm portraying.
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I have to tell you, TV is an incredibly difficult medium. The most challenging show to do is the hour long dramedy. It's a very tricky format.
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Some movies I see today have the most dramatic plot points but the actors are not playing them dramatically.
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Alas! how difficult it is not to betray one's guilt by one's looks.
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I've choreographed all of my movies.
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My daughter's dabbling in showbiz, and she's done a few commercials. She's auditioned for some movies and shows, so I'm letting her pursue that. I'm OK with it.
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If you are lucky enough to have a parent or two alive on this planet, call them. Don't text; don't e-mail. Call them on the phone.
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I'll always love movies. But there's something I love very much about TV, when you shoot episodes while other episodes are still being written.
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Treat your old parents as you would like to be treated by your children later.
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I don't accept the argument of people like David Horowitz that the government should impose some sort of predetermined political balance on academic research.
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It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods.
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I'm a single parent, and I just found that it was too difficult to manage raising my kids and doing the traveling involved in making movies. So I took a little bit of a break. And the little bit of a break turned into a longer break, and then I found that I really didn't miss it.
