Daniel Breaker Quotes
I think that what we were doing with the live musical version of 'Shrek' was taking the ideas and the structure of the movie and not necessarily reinventing it but reimagining it. It is a very different medium to perform.
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I think Freud is about contamination, but I think that is something he learned from Shakespeare, because Shakespeare is about nothing but contamination, you might say.
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I do movies that I would like to go and see. I think that's a good barometer of how I choose films. I like going to these movies. Our job is to make sure the audience gets their $16 worth. That's my job.
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I'd love to do a movie where the monster is human, where the issue is not otherworldly, or horror or science fiction.
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I made my first movie when I was five.
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In my career, I'm always trying to do something different.
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I've just come back from Mississippi and over there when you talk about the West Bank they think you mean Arkansas.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I'm still a supporter of it.
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I think we can leave mullets back in the '80s. I'm really not a big fan of them.
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The moment you sense someone is making something because they think people are gonna buy it or like it, it's just so phony! The public has a nose for phony like nobody else.
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Dreams take you beyond what you think you can do in life.
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My time at Shell was a most valuable experience because it taught me to look at the world in a long-term way. Shell takes a 20-year view on events and plans for different scenarios. It makes you see the world as a kind of large matrix.
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I always have plans to return to the stage. I leave myself very open. I think what would be more likely is if I did a limited run of something, whether it be a play or a musical.
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Our present moment is a mystery that we are part of. Here and now is where all the wonder of life lies hidden. And make no mistake about it, to strive to live completely in the present is to strive for what already is the case.
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My biggest bits of advice are, write as much as you can, finish what you start, get a thick skin, don't take crap from anyone, but also live your life and have fun. The stereotype of a writer holed up alone all day is really unhelpful. You can't write real people and real emotion if you don't let yourself experience them.
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If I recall correctly, I think I signed my first contract with Tor in 1983.
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I feel like I know so little, and I just hope I get to live so long. I came to puberty late; it's all been late.
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I always think the most romantic books or films are the ones where the romance doesn't happen, because it makes your heart ache so much watching it.
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I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry.
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To the extent that I had come to understand that despair does not necessarily result in annihilation, that one can go on as usual in spite of it, I had become hardened. Was this what it means to be an adult, to live with ugly ambiguities? I didn't like it, but it made it easier to go on.
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I'm the kindest, most supportive friend ever, probably to my own detriment, but I hope that I am toughening up a little bit.
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When your in the movie business you have a start date and a stop date.
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What I lack in energy, I have in wisdom.
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My books deliberately provide no answers or messages. I'm drilled in the habit of objectivity and also aware that the steady drip of fiction has more power than facts to shape opinion, so I handle it with caution.
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I think that what we were doing with the live musical version of 'Shrek' was taking the ideas and the structure of the movie and not necessarily reinventing it but reimagining it. It is a very different medium to perform.
