Damien Chazelle Quotes
By the end of high school, I had this fork-in-the-road moment where part of me considered going to vocational music school to really pursue it.
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Most actors go, 'I read the script and fell in love with it'; I fall in love with the directors.
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I want my shows to be eerie and mysterious.
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Focus on the long term, and always do what's right to grow the company and not make short-term decisions. And outlast everyone one.
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My whole reason for creating a network is literally to bring little pieces of light. It's to continue to spread little pieces of light in the world, to illuminate the possibility of the human spirit.
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Pacific Islands are among those that contribute least to global warming, yet suffer most.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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I think the interesting thing about the word 'posh' is that it is so relative; it's quite a provocative title because people have strong feelings about that word.
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One of the problems with defending free speech is you often have to defend people that you find to be outrageous and unpleasant and disgusting.
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A cat is never vulgar.
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Suspicion and doubt lead to animosity and hatred.
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The things that have really gotten confusing to me is how you balance the desires of your publishers to produce things on a schedule, and people are always sort of giving you ideas on what you should follow up with or how you should proceed next and things like that.
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I am such a do-goody, people-pleasing kid - or I was - I don't think I've ever been fired, not even from an ice cream shop, magician for kids' parties, not even in my early jobs in radio.
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We human beings are humane in part because we can look beyond our biology.
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From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
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If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences.
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Vanity can create a very cruel space for you if you don't know how to manage it.
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To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
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Obviously, for me, story is first and foremost, even in the face of the attractive idea of having all the cast there, or having a great piece of talent come to it.
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You cannot reduce the power of story with the tag of money because it's not a share market. So you must know the seriousness of the power of storytelling.
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Physical roles give me a chance to learn something new.
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When I sit down with my notebook, when I start scribbling words across the page, I find out what I'm feeling.
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Just like other ordinary people, I want to have a happy family.
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Old, that's an affront no woman can well bear.
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By the end of high school, I had this fork-in-the-road moment where part of me considered going to vocational music school to really pursue it.
