Cary Elwes (Ivan Simon Cary Elwes) Quotes
Im something of a history buff. Its deliberate that a lot of my films have been period pieces.
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I was promised on a time - to have reason for my rhyme; From that time unto this season, I received nor rhyme nor reason.
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My interest in magic was kindled by Steve Martin, the comedian I'd gone to high school with.
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When someone has to intervene to defend the liberty of the press, that society is sick.
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Conscience is God present in man.
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I think it's time we all agree that gender stereotypes are simply the confabulation of our own mind.
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During my second draft pass on my last book I made 20,000 words happen in a week, which is practically supernatural for me, and it would never have been possible without three nights in a hotel in my own city.
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I'm a cynic about corporate democracy and boards.
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There is violence in real life but I would never impose violence in a film just to attract the audience.
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I remember when 'The Right Stuff' opened in Hollywood. I got dressed that morning and drove my car down to the theatre that it was playing on, thinking that there would be mobs of people outside. When I looked, there was nobody there.
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Growing up in inner-city Glasgow, it sometimes seemed to me money hadn't been invented.
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I remember having my father stand over me when I had driven over my own foot; one leg was out of the car and one leg was in the car. He looked at me and told me that I was a drunk and that he was ashamed to call me his son. That night, I stopped drinking and I never drank again; I was twenty four.
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I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.
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I wasn't anything special as a father. But I loved them and they knew it.
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My working hypothesis is that stupidity in popular culture is a constant. Popular culture cannot get more stupid.
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I was this kid who never sat down. Nobody liked me? Well, I'd make sure they'd like me. I was the class clown, always doing crazy stuff and causing riots.
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We're in the service business by nature, but when we can transition that into ownership things, we love it. Our clients love it, too. We get deluged with offers to get involved with this or that. Silver Lake helps us funnel those opportunities.
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'Matterhorn' is my metaphor of the Vietnam War - we built it, we abandoned it, we assaulted it, we lost, and then we abandoned it again.
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In the world of reality the more beautiful a work of art, the longer, we may be sure, was the time required to make it, and the greater the number of different minds which assisted in its development.
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Oakley and Burton have been my main sponsors since '87. I've been riding for both of them.
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Everyone in New York is very self-involved. They're focused on themselves. Like, walking down the street, people are just in their own zone.
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I'll never do a film because it's a massive budget and I'm gonna get lots of publicity for it and it will bring something else.
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You make yourself do the physical aspects for a Christopher Nolan film!
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The only reason an indie gets made is because someone has a burning passion to do it and won't take no for an answer, as opposed to a big film, which is like a train that starts rolling down the tracks and nothing can stop it.
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Im something of a history buff. Its deliberate that a lot of my films have been period pieces.
