William Faulkner Quotes
An artist is completely amoral in that he will rob, beg, borrow, or steal from anybody and everybody to get the work done.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
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On a large scale, people aren't going to cut back how much they use. That's a pipe dream. If anything, as the developing world gets richer, the world's going to consume more - more cars, bigger homes, more energy, more water, more food.
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I'm not of the American ilk that, you know, your lover needs to be your best friend and know you inside out. I think he should know you well enough to please you. Otherwise, what secret will there be to tell him when you're ninety?
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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
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Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.
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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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I've always thought of myself as a character actor, even though I've played some leading-man roles.
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He who binds his soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.
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The Wreckoning is a darker song. But the record is positive.
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My brother Martin is two years younger than me. There has never been any competition between us - clearly he was the good-looking one; he was also very sporty, and I am not a football player.
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Part of what's so tricky in a film that's two hours long is how many themes can you effectively explore.
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I have a multicultural background, so I tend to have an open mind about things, and I find other cultures interesting.
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I grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors.
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I think that souls agree to come in and do what they're going to do and then leave when they're going to leave. So there's nothing tragic when a soul leaves. I think it was already preordained.
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There's no such thing as work-life balance. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences.
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Everybody that you could name would join in our audiences from, Laguardia on down. Everybody came. Everybody came to the Cotton Club.
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I've always loved film, and it started with Pixar movies.
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I'll take a certain concern of my own or a situation and try to frame it around a fictional story, but sometimes just straight-up autobiographical songs work well, and sometimes a story is better. I like stories. I like to hear them. I don't think there are enough of them in songs anymore.
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The thing that influenced me most in relation to 'Nanny McPhee' were the Westerns I watched with my father. All the Spaghetti Westerns; all the Virginians; all the High Chaparrals. Because if you think about the form, it's a stranger from out of town.
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I really have no anxiety about controlling my own life.
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People who believe they have the power to exercise some measure of control over their lives are healthier, more effective and more successful than those who lack faith in their ability to effect changes in their lives.
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I know what men want. Men want to be really, really close to someone who will leave them alone.
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An artist is completely amoral in that he will rob, beg, borrow, or steal from anybody and everybody to get the work done.
