Cary Fukunaga (Cary Joji Fukunaga) Quotes
I want to be happy while I make movies and not just do things just to work. I want to do things I spend years on.
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Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force.
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I went with Lionel Hampton for three years. Out of that came a trip to Europe.
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After 20 years, a million written words, and nine rejected novels, I finally landed a book contract.
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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done.
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Just watching Jack Lemmon made me want to get into this business.
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Our fans want us to be happy and if that means being married or having a girlfriend, they are okay with that. Of course, in this industry it is a bit harder to have normal relationships, but it is possible.
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If haters or whatever want to find you - I mean, some of them are so tenacious. You want to hire them to work for you. They're very, very savvy in terms of how they find you and get to you.
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If I weren't a performer, I would be still be writing and songwriting. Plus, I also really want to get into producing.
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A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.
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Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.
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No one told me I had to make something that would sell, but I personally want everyone to like my music.
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If you want to know how I feel, I'll summarize it in one word - terrible.
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Donors want to meet famous people, and getting a high profile draw for a fundraiser is one way to boost both the crowd and the cash. It's why the president and the vice president are always in demand. These folks are in demand because people around the country want to meet them.
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I don't want to have so many exes.
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It doesn't matter who they put in front of me, I just want people to remember me.
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As a reader I want to be present and entertained. I don't want to be taught lessons, and I don't want to be spoken down to. I want to be treated as a peer and to be made to feel welcome.
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I can say I'd honestly rather be happy than have 30 to 40 songs that I've written about these thrilling, exciting, horrible, unhappy times.
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I knew how touring was for 10 years, but it's completely different now that things are popping off.
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I want to coach because I love it. I don't want to sound hokey, but when you play for Frank McGuire, Dean Smith, and Pete Newell - they taught me a lot - I want to share what they taught me with a lot of people. I don't want to stop doing this.
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I always thought I'd write about my dad, at some point, ... I didn't think it would be like this, but it arrived like this. I'd been listening to a lot of Garrison Keillor at the time. I love that simple story that ends on a grace note and you go, 'Wow, I'm just happy to be alive right now.' That was the feeling I was chasing.
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I try to get going early, on the assumption that the way you begin your day is the way you continue. But certain books only want to be written at night, so there's no hard rule where work is concerned.
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I've always been attracted to cars, and driving is a completely measurable experience: if you qualify last on the grid, you're the slowest, and if you qualify first on the grid, you're the fastest. So no one can say you're slow if you're fast and no one can say you're fast if you're slow.
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In hospital, people should be able to have time to themselves.
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I want to be happy while I make movies and not just do things just to work. I want to do things I spend years on.
