Darren Lynn Bousman Quotes
Maybe this is extremely selfish of me, but I do things that I want to make and I don't really care about anyone else when I'm thinking about an idea.
Quotes to Explore
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Movies were a struggle for me - they didn't come easy.
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When you do music concerts at Taj Mahal and the Acropolis, you have to be careful about your performance being appropriate with the place that surrounds you. It has to be appropriate to the culture - it should fit the building behind you, the environment you are playing it in and the culture of that place.
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I think my father was somewhat disappointed in not having had a son, and in that way I was the nearest thing he had.
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In a world awash in debt, power shifts to creditors.
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I think that 'Lost' is a bit of a dinosaur in terms of the type of show it is. The economics just don't support making a show this big and complicated profitable enough for a network.
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If America is truly Israel's greatest ally, we should not be asking it to put its citizens and future at risk by forcing the establishment of a hostile Palestinian state as the only option.
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My favorite body part? My feet. They're not pretty, but they get me where I want to go.
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I enjoy making films, but my heart is in the stage. Every night you have to be on. There's no second take.
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Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian.
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I can never really enjoy being famous.
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Going to Europe as a budding cook opened my eyes to food in a different way. When I got to Italy, the first thing I did was put my little basil plants in the ground and watch them turn into big, healthy bushes.
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My husband is a brilliant cook - enthusiastic and good - but he has not mastered the clearing up as you go along.
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I worked with my dad for 15 years. I apprenticed under him and decided I wanted to become an architect. So I went to college for it and then the acting bug got me.
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Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
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Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift.
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I'm comfortable in the locker room situation, so whatever.
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Friendship is often outgrown; and his former child’s clothes will no more fit a man than some of his former friendships.
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Every field piece I did on 'The Daily Show' was a story that lasted five to six minutes. We had a protagonist, we had an antagonist and often put them at odds. We knew the story we wanted to tell before we went in, and often it was about plugging whatever character you have - in this case, a real person - into said part.
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In theory I am an agnostic, but pending the appearance of rational evidence, I must be classed, practically and provisionally, as an atheist.
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If I could do anything in my life and be remembered for anything, I would like to be remembered for helping the world see the value of physical engagement with ideas.
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I'm quite content: although what I'm doing is far from being as I should like, I am complemented often enough all the same.
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Our politics at its best involves us recognizing ourselves in each other. And our politics at its worst are when we see immigrants or women or blacks or gays or Mexicans as somehow separate, apart from us.
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I truly believe I may be getting too big for my own good.
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Maybe this is extremely selfish of me, but I do things that I want to make and I don't really care about anyone else when I'm thinking about an idea.
