Zhang Yimou Quotes
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Women are very intelligent and not appreciated. We try to pretend that we are not clever, and it's such a pity that we can't show how clever we are.
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Most of the producers don't know what they do. The misconception of the producers' function is really not a misconception. Most producers don't do a very good job.
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My folks were drunks, and I had a rough childhood - really rough - in fact, rougher than I thought about.
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I just want to live on the road. I can't understand artists that don't want to perform and, like, get on stage and do their songs for all their fans every night. If I'm not performing every night, I get totally depressed. I know that sounds really weird, but I hate sitting at home and not having a 1 A.M. performance now. It kills me.
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My father really told me, seriously, if you want something, you can have it, but you may have to work harder than anyone else around you.
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I felt I had to solve everyone's problems.
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In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.
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My dad's one of the funniest men in the world. I grew up with him making me laugh so much I'd beg him to stop.
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I hope I can compete in one or two Olympics in my career. Of course I would like to win a medal, but just being there would be awesome.
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Toronto Film Festival is one of those festivals where there are 400 movies, and unless you have a distributor who is super confident and puts a lot of money into it, sometimes movies can go unwatched or unnoticed.
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Flag desecration is not a constitutional issue for the courts. It is a political one that belongs to the people.
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You don't have to love them. You just have to respect their rights.
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I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation.
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I enjoy hiking and skiing, like most Norwegians. In winter, there will be snow for months on end. In the summer, there are the long evenings to enjoy.
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I don't know if you can catch my vibe, but I'm a pretty laid-back guy.
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I can hang out with all my boyfriend's friends. I know how to roll with the guys.
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Charter opponents often try to delegitimize strong testing results like those in Boston by attributing them to excessive test prep - as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio did recently.
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I have tried therapy a couple of times, but it hasn't worked.
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Write it as it is, don't try to make it like this or that. You can't do it in anybody else's way-you will have to make a way of your own.
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Without question, dying on 'Lost' was the best thing I have ever done in my entire career.
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I really wanted to work with Luc Besson. I'm a big fan of his. Did you ever see 'The Professional.' It was very violent. But a fabulous story, a fabulous movie, very well done. So that and two or three other projects of his that I've seen, I just thought if I had a shot to work with him I wanted to do it.
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I've banged my head quite a bit. I liked Iron Maiden, Ozzy, AC/DC. And of course, Ratt and Poison.
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I am a fan of wuxia.
