Claude-Michel Schonberg Quotes
Musical theater must adapt to the fact that music is done by people. The new generation will do something different. That is great! That is good.
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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'Lovejoy' has a special place in my heart because it was through my efforts that the series first came to the screen.
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A big reason why I'm not a big TV watcher is that in my formative years as a viewer, there wasn't that much great television on, or at least, television that appealed to me.
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My father was an electrical contractor, while I used to deliver video cassettes on a cycle to people in Juhu and Bandra, including celebrities like Mithun Chakraborty. Mithunda remembers me and is very proud of me. He can't believe that the guy who used to come to his house in short pants has become so successful.
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I studied the lives of jazz singers who would tour Europe, and... what I learned was life was big ride for them. They'd seen the dark side of humanity... but touring the world playing jazz, it was a truly carefree way of living. A great escapism, if you like.
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Layering in different patterns will keep things from appearing too studied.
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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We're all interconnected. For example, a simple lack of fresh water can lead to population dislocation, which can lead to political radicalization, which can lead to great pressure on the states that receive refugees because of a migrating population.
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The young men in the inner city are without guidance, robbing and shooting each other with no remorse... Our system is crazy because we're planning to fail. Everybody needs something to grasp on to.
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'Baahubali's success augurs well for the Telugu film industry as a whole. It has opened up new markets.
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For the first five years of my life, things felt pretty good. A lot went wrong after that, family-wise.
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I try to keep away from being big-headed. That's what causes people to lose the acting thing. They start being commercial, and then they stink for the rest of their lives.
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Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
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Defeating racism, tribalism, intolerance and all forms of discrimination will liberate us all, victim and perpetrator alike.
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Prince Charles is very relaxed at the table, throwing his salad around willy-nilly. I didn't find him stiff at all.
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In a day when, if you insulted a man it might cost you your life, you were probably more civil.
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In some extremely important ways, people are what you expect them to be, or at least they behave as you expect them to behave.
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Being ready isn't enough; you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant change.
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Well I'm still working on The Incredibles. So I'm going to take a little time off. I've got a couple of tricks up my sleeve. I'm not ready to talk about them yet, but expect the unexpected.
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Remember this! No amount of Bacchic reveling can corrupt an honest woman.
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I'm not this callous clown walking around laughing at life all the time. I've had some serious, serious problems in my life. But I've come out with a smile.
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If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.
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There are many people who live in what I call 'No-man's Land,' a place where you're not really happy, but you're not unhappy enough to do anything about it. That's a dangerous place. It's a place where people numb themselves to their dreams. It's where they dismiss hope and accept what's in front of them instead of driving toward what they really want in life.
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Musical theater must adapt to the fact that music is done by people. The new generation will do something different. That is great! That is good.
