Zhang Yimou Quotes
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My parents were very active in the Civil Rights Movement. My father was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) worker; my mother was a secretary with the Panthers.
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A lot of fans have been requesting that in-your-face song, a sense of feeling empowered. And 'Good Woman' is that: a relatable song celebrating the good woman. I'm also really proud of the third verse, which I wrote.
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I like films to be pure cinema, but I also like them to provide a snapshot of a family, a society or a character - something that can nourish you as a human being as well as an actor.
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The irony is that, coming from a white-collar British background, I tend to play blue-collar Americans!
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Right now, every American is affected by high energy prices. Working families, small businesses and consumers across the country are feeling the pinch with no end in sight.
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It is better to go down in infamy than to never go down at all.
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The fashion thing is something I do, and yes, it is definitely also becoming a part of myself and my personality. It also doesn't really feel like a job, either: it's a dream or a passion or something.
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I love people and I love to be around people.
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Sci-fi fans are awesome. They're very smart, they like to be involved, they like to ask questions. I've been asked questions I don't even know the answer to. I've never had any aggressive interactions. I've had lovely interactions.
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I'm not sure I'm the sort of actor people are hugely interested in finding out an awful lot about.
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The vocabulary I use has to reflect the people I'm trying to communicate with.
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They're operating under a misconception and have been for many years. As long as they're polite in their critique, we are polite in our response. But if they're mean and rude, I tell them that.
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He got Alice, the way we did, or maybe even more so than us. He made her more confident, funnier, smarter. He brought out all the things that were there already and let her be fully herself, so she seemed to shine with this inner light.
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Wait not while your foe fits arrow to bowstring when you can send your own arrow into him.
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We see that coming back in the fourth quarter and going on into next year.
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One puts on black robes to scare the hell out of white people, while the other puts on white robes to scare the hell out of blacks.
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The market for local advertising is in the billions.
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We will not capitulate - no, never! We may be destroyed, but if we are, we shall drag a world with us - a world in flames.
