Ira Sachs Quotes
I could not - and I still cannot - see a sustainable career as a filmmaker in which I focus fully on our gay stories.
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I promised my mom that if, after a year of putting 150 percent into my career it didn't work out, I would go back to school. I never did go back.
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I thought that I'd have a briefcase-and-power-suit career.
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I knew I wanted to pursue a career in the theater the minute I graduated from college having not pursued it! So I went back to school and got a degree in music and began working in musical theater.
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I started acting almost on a whim to help my music career.
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On the court, Jason Collins is not a huge basketball star, but he has already claimed his place in civil rights history as the first openly gay athlete to play in one of the four major U.S. sports leagues.
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The last time I had to make a career decision, I was 17. I could have gone to Ballet Theatre or National Ballet of Canada. There were options. But as I became exposed to the Robbins repertoire, I realized that there was a living genius in the house.
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Maintaining a sense of humor is key to getting people to also focus on the crises at hand.
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How I see my career is very much as an entrepreneur in the field of philanthropy.
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I gave up school. I gave up a really, really good job. I gave up a lot of stuff. I cut a lot of people out of my life so I could just focus on my fighting dreams.
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Gay men in L.A. are all a bunch of tens looking for an eleven.
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After doing a juice cleanse, I'm motivated to eat healthier and not emotionally. Cleansing is like my meditation. It makes me stop, focus and think about what I'm putting into my body. I'm making a commitment to my health and hitting the reset button.
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In Paris, I met a young American person who immediately became the primary inspiration which awakened my vision and the leading influence that had directed my forces. Throughout my career as an artist, I refer to this person by the word 'Woman.'
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Focus on being balanced - success is balance.
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I think that there's no doubt that as I see friends, families, children of gay couples who are thriving, you know, that has an impact on how I think about these issues.
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Everything I've been through, everything I'm about to go through in my career and my life, if my family wasn't with me and didn't support me, it would be really tough.
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If you have real passion for a career in game shows, be willing to serve an apprenticeship; it's the best way to learn.
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In the 30 years of my career, I have explored all possible mediums, except radio.
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Owing to some peculiarity in my nervous system, I have perception of some things, which no one else has; or at least very few, if any... I can throw rays from every quarter of the universe into one vast focus.
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I just think that gay men have much better taste than any straight man I have met. I have never gotten any grief about having a good time, being unapologetic, and irreverent from a gay man.
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I actually love doing period pieces, purely because it takes you into a different world, mentally. The clothes you have to wear are so far from our everyday clothes that it immediately helps with the character and putting you in that mind frame.
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If you can't forgive yourself, you think you're never going to be able to forgive yourself, and you repeat the same behavior.
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Our education system is not preparing young people for the world they will face.
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I sort of went into the TV thing kicking and screaming.
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I could not - and I still cannot - see a sustainable career as a filmmaker in which I focus fully on our gay stories.
