Vincent D'Onofrio Quotes
With Altman, he does discuss everything with you, but then leaves you to it and gives you full rein and lets you improvise and create a character while the camera is rolling.
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I'm not a character like Rapunzel or Cinderella; my story looks like any other.
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Girls love guys who dance, and I'm definitely going to be the first one on the dance floor. Usually, you just see guys sitting around, but I definitely don't hold back when it comes to dancing.
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You put anyone in the outfit, and they look like Gandalf. Not that clever.
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There's the person that's the addict, and then there's the person that's who you are.
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Nobody is gonna love you like you. You're gonna be your best salesman.
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I can't remember 16 bars. Unless you write it, you can't. I just do it bar for bar.
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You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception.
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I love to watch 'Chopped,' 'Jeopardy,' and 'Breaking Bad.' You can't pass up that one. Oh! One other show I love to watch is 'Suburgatory.'
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For every person that doesn't like you, there's gonna be somebody who does.
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When you negotiate with terrorists, you get more terror.
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Working for a magazine, you have a boss; you are not free.
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Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
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You can't try to be authentic. You either are or you aren't.
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You know, I haven't written as much as most other writers. Certainly maybe those who keep a more regular schedule accomplish more.
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Unless you're a salesman, or a bad guest on a talk show, you don't call someone by his name that often.
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A book is a gift you can open again and again.
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If you feel like snacking, stock up on almonds, walnuts and cranberries.
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You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
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Do not take up music unless you would rather die than not do so.
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In particular, for my character, Celeste in Big Little Lies, there was a way in which we wanted to present her, because she has sort of barriers that she has to put up for protection because of things that are going on in her life. Yet she wants to be, I suppose, very presentable but neutral.
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VR is so immersive, and when it works, it draws you into the story in a way that is truly unique and powerful.
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I would sit in my room and become hysterical about the wild incredible story I was writing. And I thought I was writing realism. It never occurred to me that I was writing absurdity. Realism and absurdity are so similar in the lives of American blacks one cannot tell the difference.
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My mom cooked for us, and on the weekend, we always had Sunday dinner. My father liked to bake.
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With Altman, he does discuss everything with you, but then leaves you to it and gives you full rein and lets you improvise and create a character while the camera is rolling.
