Tamra Davis Quotes
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Having someone cook all your meals is the best vacation ever!
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It was hard for me to hear anyone saying they didn't like 'Billy Madison.'
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All of my main characters have been under 30.
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Music video played a huge role in developing my sensibility as a director.
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I'm extremely determined and ambitious.
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I always had to genuinely like the actors I worked with and use my enthusiasm and vision to give them confidence to push their creativity and their humor.
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I've been lucky enough to work in pop culture, especially with people right before they popped.
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Basquiat will continue to show us new things about who we are and why he was so important.
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It's hard to have people talking about you and trashing you in the media and saying they think your career is over... and you are only 25.
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I love making films, and as long as I love the subject, I just have a crazy amount of passion and energy for the project.
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My kids like their eggs with catsup. I like mine with salsa.
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What's so fun when you shoot in a car is you get to research all the other road movies that have ever been done, and you try to figure out where do they place the cameras and how many shots can you get with your people in the car. So just doing the research on the films is so fun.
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My grandparents lived in Hollywood, and I was surrounded by the romanticism of movies ever since I was a child.
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I discovered television is a great way to deal with the chaos of new motherhood. I would put the babies to bed and get lost in a trashy reality show.
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A mom can't afford to be sick.
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Many of the stranger but most frequently quoted scenes in 'Billy Madison' were unplanned.
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I have been lucky in my life to have met people that are special, so extraordinary talented that they somehow are on a different plane. Sometimes these amazingly talented people find a way to keep reinventing themselves to stay relevant and alive. Some fall under the crushing vibrancy of their own intensity.
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I read the script for 'Guncrazy' in 1985 and loved it because it was one of the few scripts I'd come across that revolved around a strong female character.
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Getting four people awake, fed, dressed, and out the door on time is a challenge. Add to that making a school lunch, and you can tilt over the edge. Unless you are well prepared and have a simple method to follow.
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I do have a priority in my house, and that is I want my kids to be healthy, and if I give them the right food, I am headed consistently toward that goal.
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How do you make it to the top when all you have is ambition and talent? You believe in yourself and surround yourself with other idealistic and talented friends that fuel each other and push against the establishment to take you seriously.
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It's incredible what happens when you explain to kids what good food is - they get so excited! They go home and tell their parents... and they're excited to cook the recipes themselves in class.
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Helping out in your kid's classroom is a great way to get involved with your child's school.
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I had all these tapes in my closet that I had shot years ago with my friend Jean-Michel Basquiat. I was working on a film about him when he died, and then I just put everything away. It was too sad.