Takeshi Kitano Quotes
My film directorial career has been nothing but repetition of one failure after another!
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In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world.
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Every person that's in the NBA should experience playing in New York at least once in their career.
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I promised my mom that if, after a year of putting 150 percent into my career it didn't work out, I would go back to school. I never did go back.
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If I had my time again and was able to change one thing from my career then I wouldn't have retired. I would have played for Wales longer.
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My only career strategy is to just not do anything that I have to be completely ashamed of afterwards! Whether it's TV or movies, I feel lucky to be working.
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Deacon Jones has been the most inspirational person in my football career.
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I am not the candidate of career politicians in Washington.
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I didn't allow failure to break my heart. So I wouldn't allow success to bloat my head.
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I'm going to start a new career as a singer, I think. I'm going to go the way of Russell Crowe.
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Escapism, we are led to believe, is evidence of a deficiency in character, a certain failure of temperament, and like so many -isms, it is to be strenuously avoided. 'How do you expect to get ahead?,' people ask. But the question altogether misses the point. The escapist doesn't want to get ahead. He simply wants to get away.
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When I had no shoes I was comfortable - I used to run barefoot. When I wore shoes it was difficult. To run in shoes was ok, but at the beginning of my career it was hard.
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My life, my family and my friends are back in the U.K., so ideally I would love the kind of career that is split between London and New York.
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No one becomes an expert in a new career overnight, even if you are coming from another career where you were established and experienced.
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I loved competing and winning and also wanted to continue my career for the fans, knowing they were there for me and enjoyed watching me fight.
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I've been blessed in my career to be able to do studio and independent films.
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I don't take it very seriously. You shouldn't let your success get to your head or failure get to your heart. This is most commonly said. But people don't really practise it. I don't see myself as a celebrity; it has not sunk in. I just see myself as someone doing a nine-to-six job like a techie.
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In a city, there's more room to be, where in a small town, you have to squish yourself down a little bit. And it's exciting for me to be pursuing a career where I don't have to be small.
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I've had more ups than downs in my career. All you can do is keep working. You still have to take enjoyment out of what you're doing, and things will turn, and my smile has always been there. In good moments and bad.
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I was at the pinnacle of my career one day and the next day I was put out to pasture. I felt like a race horse with a broken leg.
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Failure is a great teacher and, if you are open to it, every mistake has a lesson to offer.
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Actors get to go to these amazing worlds. In 'Terminator,' I was a cyborg with feelings; in 'Avatar,' I lived for 15 months on a fantastical planet, and in 'Clash of the Titans,' I get to fight a scorpion the size of a dump truck. It's a bizarre job, but you explore yourself.
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There was always a love-hate relationship with New York in the rest of the country, but I made them feel more love than hate.
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Children are not a right, they are a privileged obligation.
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My film directorial career has been nothing but repetition of one failure after another!
