George Nolfi Quotes
I just want to be able to make a movie that takes some chances. I don't just want to do something that is purely stuck in a genre box.
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If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually the tree has to fall down.
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I believe, certainly in the NHL, a player who can help a team win because he can contribute on the ice is going to be coveted whatever his beliefs may be or whoever he may be. That goes to national origin, religious beliefs, or sexuality.
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If your work requires you to travel, you will understand that there's no vacation destination like home.
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I'm not the most technical producer, so the weird mixes and blown-out sound happen naturally.
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And you can't complain about kissing Emma Watson. Isn't that what everyone in the world wants to do? I've known Emma for a few years. She's this amazing capacity of young and vibrant and brilliant, but also a bright, intelligent old soul.
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What you look like, whether you're Brad Pitt or Charles Laughton, is significant for actors.
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I make big objects that are simple, bright and clear, kind of ironic but hopefully funny because I love the shapes, and I get inspiration from toys and books, and I believe in art for everyone.
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I think that if you haven't been to the grocery store in a really long time, it's really easy to get very out of touch.
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A lot of my fans are young and hip and enjoy my pop album and know the lyrics to those songs as well, which is a real compliment to me.
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The function of the artist is to invent, not to chronicle.
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In TV, you don't know everything. The writers only give you scripts before you shoot the episodes. They keep you on your nerve.
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It costs a great deal of money to do a musical, and the more money involved, the more big business influences the artform.
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There are boxing fans, and there are fans of the UFC. People want to see blood, but people like both.
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You look at women like Lena Dunham, you look at how women are kind of crafting their own space on the screen. I want to add to that.
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I wanted to write a novel that would make others feel the history: the pain and fear that black people have had to live through in order to endure.
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My first audition as a little girl was 'Interview with the Vampire' for Kirsten Dunst's part. Back then, they were meeting all different kinds of girls, and I was one of them. There's got to be an audition tape somewhere on VHS. Who would have known that many years later I would be on a vampire show?
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Many small businesses rely on small financial institutions, like credit unions and community banks, to meet their capital requirements. Without them, these small businesses would have to close their doors.
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The restaurant business is something that you have to treat like a baby. You have to constantly be there. You can't trust it to anybody else, because no one's going to love it like you do.
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Once you produce a product and it goes out into the world, whether that's to a newswire or an agency or whatever, you don't have control over it.
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I enjoy privacy. I think it's nice to have a little mystery. I think because of technology a lot of the mystery is gone in life, and I'd like to preserve some of that.
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In the end, crime doesn't pay.
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If you want different results, do not do the same things.
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I didn't want to be one of those people that does something that blows up and keeps doing it for way too long.
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I just want to be able to make a movie that takes some chances. I don't just want to do something that is purely stuck in a genre box.
