Catherine Hardwicke (Helen Catherine Hardwicke) Quotes
I like doing commentary. As a filmmaker and film student, I think it's really interesting to hear what a director did and how they figured out how to do things. I often like the technical commentaries myself.
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There is one confrontation scene toward the end of the picture. In the middle of the scene, I thought, That's Sean Connery! I don't know how else to describe Sean Connery. I still feel that way.
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I am a Buddhist.
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After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others.
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It's a tough transition really for theater actors to adjust to television or film, and all of these years later, I still have a tendency to play it too big.
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The world we live in is vastly different from the world we think we live in.
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I'm interested in morality and mortality, and 'Deadpool' kind of has all of these themes.
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Through PETA, we rescue animals in roadside zoos and circuses. They are some of the most abused animals in the country.
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I see so many activists... who are artists because they feel that they have the power of communication.
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There is no need for neighborhood informants and paper dossiers if the government can see citizens' every Web site visit, e-mail and text message.
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I just like the insides of things and finding ways into microscopic worlds. There's also an element of control, taking things apart and putting them back together. It's a very tedious task. You can be alone and create a world for yourself.
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I have literally played the most interesting parts since I turned 40.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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It's just my goal to deliver the best story I can, and I want to make sure each book is better than the last, and in order to do that, I have to take chances.
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The question of manuscript changes is very important for literary criticism, the psychology of creation and other aspects of the study of literature.
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Offence is no longer defence - it's a full-time profession. Everyone is so offended all the time. The new police force that we weren't told about: the moral police. No qualifications, no training, no understanding of actual morality, but they have a degree in the art of being offended.
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I used to work in a record store. I'm kind of a record nerd.
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Ralph Fiennes and Edward Norton are among my favorite actors.
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When I would see my friends with their kids, I was envious that you can use children to get out of just about anything. If you don't feel like going to a dinner party, you could say, 'My kid's sick. I can't make it.' Who's gonna argue with you?
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Boy, does that give you street cred for years after, if you tell people you were on 'The Larry Sanders Show!'
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A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised to heal.
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When you see a bad romantic comedy, you see the script, the director, and the actors trying to create this warmth and this pathos and this feeling that you care about them. That cannot be manufactured - it's either there or it isn't.
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I don't mind people looking at me. That's never bothered me. I don't want them looking at me in my house; now that would bother me.
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I will fight like the dickens to protect Social Security.
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I like doing commentary. As a filmmaker and film student, I think it's really interesting to hear what a director did and how they figured out how to do things. I often like the technical commentaries myself.
