Paolo Sorrentino Quotes
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I've done quite a few things based on real events or real people, and I think that's always really interesting that you can read about them or, if you're lucky, you can meet them.
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I don't think the federal government has any business keeping a list of law-abiding Americans who exercise their constitutional right to keep and bear arms.
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Lately, I've been doing a lot of tuning in and impatiently tuning out. As a longtime fan of talk radio, I don't think this bodes well for the long-term broad appeal of the medium.
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I think I'm somebody who takes praise with a very big - probably too big - pinch of salt.
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I don't think I could think of a single thing that's more isolating than being famous.
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I think a British icon is someone who conducts themself with real dignity: someone who is truly talented and modest. These are things that I would aspire to in my career.
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My own tastes happen to be in tune with what the public wants. I think that's the reason my batting average is so high, not because I've discovered some brilliant formula.
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Most people think companies are basically evil. They get a bad rap. And I think that's somewhat correct.
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The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can do to change; until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds.
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I think the gay community, just like anybody, should be represented in all forms and all types.
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Some people like just sitting down and being taken for a ride. That's a beautiful thing that fiction can do. But it's not the only thing. In television and film, people are ready to accept any kind of jump cut, but the slightest disturbance on the page ruffles their feathers.
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Coffee is a language in itself.
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One of the things I think is important about 'Watchmen' is that it have resonance within cinematic pop culture as well as superhero culture.
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I think female-centric films shouldn't be only about thriller or horror. Angelina Jolie has been doing all kinds of stuff.
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I think the amazing thing about 'Twin Peaks' was that it completely changed television from that point forward.
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When I'm in the U.K. – and I'm here more than people would think – I tend to keep a very low profile.
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My last two records that I made were both quite pointed in one direction and I think I do my best stuff when it's all over the map, when there's a couple traditional things, a couple pretty rocking things.
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I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there before that.
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As much as I love to dive into the action early, I think the hero's journey is important - the idea that the reader needs to experience the protagonist's everyday life before you turn that world upside down.
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To allow the construction of places of worship other than Islamic ones in Saudi Arabia, it would be like asking the Vatican to build a mosque inside of it.
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I was not particularly bright, I wasn't very athletic, I was a little too tall, odd, funny looking, I was just really weird as a kid.
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Even though 'Vicky Donor' was a huge success, I have had one or two films which have not done well, but that's all right.
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I think cinema has this beautiful component. It's a universal language.
