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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Most movies are lucky to have one moment, one shot that you look at and you always remember that moment and that scene.
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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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You have to be the parent; you can't be their friend.
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I love movies where you can sense that the director risked biting off more than they can chew.
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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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The child who hates the parent becomes rigid – unable to let in love. He is so filled with shame that he feels that he cannot take in any further shame. He protects himself by making sure he is always “right.” Such a person often becomes controlling, shaming, or abusive.
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Granny beads are what they're called when a grandma works the garden all day - you always see them - they have a handkerchief around their neck with a lot of dust on them, and then the sweat will go down and make these black beads of sweat and dirt around their neck. And that's what they call granny beads.
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I try to make myself do things for other people when I'm feeling down. Like, you can call your local hospital and help out in the pediatric unit.
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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.
