Edwin Catmull Quotes
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Alan Rickman's Hans Gruber is the greatest bad guy in a movie ever.
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Back in the mid '90s, I went to a film festival, and they were airing 'Central Park West' at the same time as this cute little romantic comedy movie called 'French Exit,' and I got to go from one theater where I was goofy, falling over myself, to this kind of evil vixen kind of character.
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I really am pretty boring. There's no reason to take pictures of me.
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I began hearing rumors of apossible recording session with Neil Young. I was a huge fan of Neil's.
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During my childhood, I was surrounded by actors, and all I remember is they were fun to be around. That kind of sticks.
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Space excites me. My dream is to go to space.
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I definitely like wearing leotards.
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I stayed in the ghetto. Then I stayed in condos, then I stayed in penthouses, and then I stayed in mansions.
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Sports can unify the Iraqi people - no Sunnis, no Shiites, just sport for the country.
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I never really planned a career. I've tried to avoid it. I've tried to do this stuff I felt for, the stuff I like. So, I've just been meeting these fantastic directors who've offered me a variation of different parts and different films.
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Once a conflict has dragged on for a decade, most people are tired of war - and the troubles that flow from it.
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And then the really awful thing is that at the end of the day after crying and experiencing things, then you look at what you've written and you're like, 'Hmm, there's half a page that's good here.' Then you throw out everything else.
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I wanted to do an episode about Chuck having a gambling problem. I wanted to portray my addiction on the show. But I think it's a little edgy for Saturday night.
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I became an air display pilot. I used to teach it. I was an examiner for a few years as well. It was great fun. I would still be doing it now if pretty much everyone I knew who was doing it hadn't died. In the first team I joined there were six people in it. By the time I stopped, there was only me and one other left - everyone else had died.
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When I used to do abstract paintings at school, like everyone else, the tutor said these would make great curtains. I would always neglect the formal stuff that was going on by using colour, because colour kind of came naturally to me.
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I know most people use their phones to tell time, but there's something very romantic and beautiful about a timepiece.
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Take responsibility. Step up and step in. Because at the end of the day, folks, we are our behaviors.
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I just love math and most people don't.
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I tell people I'm big in the music business like a barnacle is big in shipping.
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I like change. I've never really had much consistency in my life, you know, from everyday work to my living situation to whether or not I'm going to be in L.A. The one constant thing in my life is my friends and family, which is all I need.
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Art is the highest task and the proper metaphysical activity of this life.
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Uncertainty and change are life's constraints. And that's the fun part.
