Etan Cohen Quotes
When you write you have a certain vision of how it could be and it's great to be able to see it all the way to the goal line.
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I liked 'Scream of the Banshee' because it was a real challenge. I thought, 'How am I going to pull off this character?' But, I also thought, 'Oh, man, I'm going to go for it.' He's got all the defects of character that an actor loves to play. So, I had a really great time.
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Chinese consumption, particularly high-end consumption, is booming.
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When people say all politicians are the same, ask yourself if Obama was the same as Bush, if Francois Hollande is the same as Sarkozy. They are not. They are human beings with different views and different visions for the world.
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It's like everybody is shooting something, and everybody's a filmmaker; everybody can shoot a cat video and post it. So the big thing now is - for people that have talent and have something to say, and are creative, and are capable of making something good - is how do they get attention to it?
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For me, family has always come first.
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Usually people are questioning my athleticism more than my femininity!
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I like power and I like to use it.
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No, I had not read any other comedian's book. Not that I don't enjoy other comedians; I'm just not a reader.
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The end of science is not to prove a theory, but to improve mankind.
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For me, it's very offensive when I notice that it's all about my appearance, how I look, that a man doesn't care who I am.
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Due to the reliance on the old heavy industries in many parts of the country, it makes perfect sense that we need to spend more money per head of population on welfare support in Scotland.
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My lessons didn't come at my father's knee. Like all good lessons, they were learned from example.
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The one thing about going from the audience to the stage in just three years is that you know how it feels to be down there.
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Sorry, I'm still a dialectical materialist.
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You walk on a set, and you have no idea - that's why I don't storyboard. It's all possible.
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I consider myself very lucky, essentially - I was put into a pop group even though my musical taste was very niche before.
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It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.
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I've always thought space station is a great name. It should be like a gas station where we go for service and supplies before heading further out.
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Since I started as a comic person then became a musician to me it was interesting because I have this really great, interesting fanbase that's really smart and energetic and uh how could I steer them towards a medium that shaped who I was? You know, steer them toward comics. That was really the goal, to bring a lot of readers cuz they were reading a lot of comics but most of them hadn't been reading American comics, they'd be reading manga sitting on the floor of a Barnes and Noble.
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When I first went to 'National Geographic,' I thought I was the least qualified person to step through the doors. But because of my parents and the culture of continual learning they imposed on us, I later came to believe I was the most qualified person who ever worked there.
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I'm the kind of person who is entertained watching someone simply be themselves, whether they're putting their children to bed or making dinner or sitting at the table reading the morning newspaper.
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House guests should be regarded as perishables: Leave them out too long and they go bad.
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When you write you have a certain vision of how it could be and it's great to be able to see it all the way to the goal line.
