R. J. Cutler Quotes
I grew up on Long Island, and from as early as I can remember, as far back as first grade, I had two real passions - one of them was putting on plays, and the other was journalism. I was directing plays and editing school papers from first grade on, all the way through college.
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The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.
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I love the Royal Family. The Queen, she's fabulous.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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I'm not the girl next door.
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It is said that the West had a global policy in regard to Islam. That is stupid. There isn't a global Islam.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.
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I find that you learn from others. It's very much about watching TV and watching movies for me and grasping that way and watching other people act.
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I've studied live shows and artists for so long. I got the tour documentaries and all that and watched them. I love a show. I love an artist that can do all of it.
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You can over-think things. If the script's good, everything you need is in there. I just try and feel it and do it honestly. I also don't learn things for auditions, because I feel like it's just a test of memorising rather than being real.
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It's more egalitarian on the Internet - anyone can put anything up. But in terms of the money it takes to allow a band to get good, there's less of it to invest.
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I grew up on Long Island, and from as early as I can remember, as far back as first grade, I had two real passions - one of them was putting on plays, and the other was journalism. I was directing plays and editing school papers from first grade on, all the way through college.
