Otto Preminger Quotes
Directing her was like directing Lassie. You need 14 takes to get each one of them right.
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Remember who you are and where you come from; otherwise, you don't know where you are going.
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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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With the price of life these days, you've got to get everything for free you can.
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
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You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.
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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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The only thing that is real is the being in you that is going to die.
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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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Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
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I have tender, romantic associations with upstate New York.
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I have become a prisoner of the peace movement. But you can't say that the termination is coming and then say that you are going back to your own garden to dig.
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Most of the early part of an actor's career, you do the jobs you get.
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I try to steal from the best. Suck it all in. 'Taxi Driver' is really a bible for film actors, a master class. A lot of emotional power, a lot of emotional depth but it's contained and you just see the tip of the iceberg.
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Directing her was like directing Lassie. You need 14 takes to get each one of them right.
