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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I'd rather do theatre and British films than move to L.A. in hopes of getting small roles in American films.
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History, at its best, always tells us as much indirectly about ourselves as it does directly about our predecessors, and it is often most revealing when it deals with episodes and phenomena that we find repulsive.
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I am an emotional and fragile person. I observe life, I am perceptive and can read a person's body language. I have a strong journalistic streak in me, and had I not been a filmmaker, I would have become a film journalist. I have combined my perceptive and journalistic traits to create my own brand of cinema.
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I don't know what my label is. I just think of myself as a plain forward. I like to think I have some finesse to my game, but inside the paint is where men are made. If you can't play there, you should be home with your mama.
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Be the same still mountain self and mountain peace no matter what the external conditions.
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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.
