Adam Driver Quotes

There's such an emphasis on having a character be likable. I don't think it would be helpful if I worried about that. I mean, not everyone's likable.

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• I've made up little mantras for myself, catchphrases from a screenwriting book that doesn't exist. One is 'Write the movie you'd pay to go see.' Another is 'Never let a character tell me something that the camera can show me.'

  

  Taylor Sheridan
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• I think 'North by Northwest' and 'Rope' and Rear Window' and 'Psycho' are on my list of favorite all time movies. I just think his kind of command as a director was almost unparalleled, and I feel like in certain ways the sort of character-based thriller owes more to Hitchcock than anyone.

  

  Carlton Cuse
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• I haven't gotten a lot of feedback about, 'Oh, you helped me in this way.' But on social media, people are like, 'Thank you for your positive posts,' or 'It's fun to see you grow and your character. I feel like I'm growing with you.'

  

  Taylour Paige
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• I think we should be encouraged to learn from Columbine and let it be a battle cry for all of us.

  

  Foster Friess
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• Character is what was yesterday and will be tomorrow.

  

  Gail Sheehy
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• I think I'm somebody who takes praise with a very big - probably too big - pinch of salt.

  

  Rachel Joyce
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• I just realized quite early on that I'm not going to be the type who can write a novel every two years. I think you need to feel an urgency about the act. Otherwise, when you read it, you feel no urgency, either. So I don't write unless I really feel I need to, and that's a luxury.

  

  Zadie Smith
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• I was always pretty ambitious, although it probably helps that I can't do anything else - apart from cleaning lavatories. But I remember my mum once said, 'I suppose you'll give it a year and see if you can make it as an actress?' And I said, 'No Mum, I think I'll give it 10.'

  

  Olivia Colman
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• I have an abundance of enthusiasm; however, it would be foolish to think I can predict a future that doesn't exist.

  

  Damien Rice
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• If I see someone doing a new sport, I usually like to throw myself into it, and I never look at it and think, 'That's something I can't do.'

  

  Manu Bennett
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• The basic idea for what became 'Epic Mickey' began at the Disney Think Tank.

  

  Warren Spector
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• I don't think Will does get upstaged because his reaction is always funnier than what is actually happening. That is also the reason Tommy is funnier than Will.

  

  Barry Sonnenfeld
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• I have to think of moderation, which is not a word that's in my vocabulary. But I try.

  

  Pamela Anderson
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• I've repeatedly voted for sanctions against Iran. And I think all options should be on the table to prevent them from having nuclear weapons.

  

  Rand Paul
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• I have freckles; I don't like covering up too much. I like things dewy and natural, and I think that having moisture in your skin is really beautiful and youthful - sometimes that's more important than coverage.

  

  Banks
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• Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.

  

  Samuel Johnson
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• My character in 'Batman v Superman' isn't supposed to be Japanese, but director Zack Snyder said he'd seen me in 'Wolverine' and had to get me in the film somehow. Hearing that was like music to my ears.

  

  Tao Okamoto
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• I'm at the mercy of whatever character comes into my head.

  

  Kate DiCamillo
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• I think that there is a concern, a question mark, by people all around the world and governments all around the world, as to what China's intentions are.

  

  Gary Locke
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• People think I only wear new clothes, that I'm very trendy, but I like classic things on me, to mix with a trendy pair of shoes.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
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• I'm in a really good place. I used to be a right worrier, but being in a settled relationship has made a massive difference. I was on my own for three years before meeting David. I'm very happy with him, he's a fantastic man. But you never know what's around the corner, so you just hope for the best.

  

  Anna Friel
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• As much as I don't want to admit it, my fans are the only ones that can hurt my feelings when they're not pleased with what I'm presenting. I want it to be perfect for them. I want them to have a different sense of pride in my music.

  

  Wale
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• Everybody's a mix of good and bad choices that they make.

  

  Joel Edgerton
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• There's such an emphasis on having a character be likable. I don't think it would be helpful if I worried about that. I mean, not everyone's likable.

  

  Adam Driver
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