Brett Gelman Quotes
I'm not someone who shies away from darkness being funny. I think that life is very dark at times, and there are things that are very funny about that.
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I'm absolutely a Ron Paul fan.
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I've got a 12-year-old grandson who, when he was 3 years old, before he could say many other words, could name the different kinds of dinosaurs.
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The ideal American type is perfectly expressed by the Protestant, individualist, anti-conformist, and this is the type that is in the process of disappearing. In reality there are few left.
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People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb.
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The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood.
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I'm not very technically minded. I mean, I don't know how to do e-mail on computers.
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I find the presence of the sea quite inspiring, and sometimes I do just get out and walk around and take in the sea breeze to try and clear my mind.
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When I record something, I'll take a drive and just listen.
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As soon as you write about climate change, the first attempt to discredit you is, 'Well, you wrote this on a computer,' or, 'You took a plane to this conference.' So your opinion isn't valid.
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The beautiful uncut hair of graves.
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I'm not going to let people get away with either a dishonest or inaccurate premise to what we're talking about because I think that does the viewer a disturbance.
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Running for me is a sport. It's not a joke. It's serious.
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Could one live on the sense of beauty alone, exempt from the necessity of 'creature comforts,' a sea-voyage would be delightful.
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I'd love to do another 'Indiana Jones.' A character that has a history and a potential, kind of a rollicking good movie ride for the audience, Steven Spielberg as a director - what's not to like?
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As long as you're having fun, that's the key. The moment it becomes a grind, it's over.
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I was a jazz drummer, and it was my life for a while: what I lived and breathed every day.
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It is very distressing that anyone would look at these matters from a political viewpoint. Core beliefs about when life begins and ends are far too important for any such calculations.
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I don't think I ever really got interested in theater.
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Every one of us have things that we believe about ourselves when nobody else is looking, nobody else is listening, nobody else is monitoring what we're doing. We believe things about ourself.
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Sirk was every woman's dream of a director.
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If you want to know whether you are destined to be a success or a failure in life, you can easily find out. The test is simple and it is infallible: Are you able to save money? If not, drop out. You will lose. You may think not, but you will lose as sure as you live. The seed of success is not in you.
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When I was shooting the film I did not see the story as an everyday tale or a social one. To a great extent, the film is a mythological look on human life. This is probably what I would like the audience to keep in mind before they enter the screening room.
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Never make a promise - you may have to keep it.
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I'm not someone who shies away from darkness being funny. I think that life is very dark at times, and there are things that are very funny about that.
