Otto Preminger Quotes
Directing her was like directing Lassie. You need 14 takes to get each one of them right.
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If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.
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When you're not under a 'series regular' contract, and other jobs come up, you try to juggle everything.
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Faith - you can do very little with it, but you can do nothing without it.
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
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If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
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You don't despair about something like the Middle East, you just do the best you can.
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When you negotiate with terrorists, you get more terror.
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The most nurturing of directors can make you feel too comfortable, and you don't really push for that extra whatever.
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When you're climbing at high altitudes, life can get pretty miserable.
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The very important thing you should have is patience.
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Oprah is so bright, and her intelligence is so piercing that I don't think anyone who spends a few minutes with her isn't struck by that.
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If you publish something in traditional media, it's one-way. With social media, we get all this info coming back from those who read our posts.
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Music is really nothing if you think about it - it only becomes something when somebody listens to it. And then it becomes uncontrollable.
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My favorite thing about being an actor is that I get to be so many different people in one lifetime. You sort of get to be all of these different characters.
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And you also have to do movies that are about commerce because that's what is required of the industry today.
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That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't do, so you don't have to worry about them.
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Whenever you're scared of something, don't let that define you. We all feel it, but step up.
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I'll give you my answer calmly and sensibly, my final answer. My final answer is finally no. The answer is no! Absolutely and finally no! Finally and positively no! No! No! No! N - O!
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You never really know a man until you have divorced him.
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I don't feel my son should pay the price for what I do.
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One of the great defects of English books printed in the last century is the want of an index.
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As someone who gets nervous in silences, I spill words rather than really think.
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I have been doing technology foresight for a number of years now on the level of scenario design, primarily. I want to become more rigorous with research methodology and statistical methods. I want to shift from creating clever SF scenarios to being a professional forecaster able to make rigorous predictions.
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Directing her was like directing Lassie. You need 14 takes to get each one of them right.
