Barbet Schroeder Quotes
When you kill somebody in the movies, it matters, whereas in literature it can be allegorical.
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Intimate relationships are a gold mine for literature to explore, to understand, to describe.
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When you make a living from something, it changes your relationship with it.
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Well, when you get into the business, what you have to realize is that signing autographs and getting 'bothered' is just part of the deal. It's not a bother to me at all. That's part of being an actor and that's something you have to realize before you ever get into this business.
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You are not indispensable to your church, but you are indispensable to your family.
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How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?
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It was unpredictable, good storytelling that brought you back each week.
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You know, children philosophize more than adults - and they are critical of adults.
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For every person that doesn't like you, there's gonna be somebody who does.
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The most nurturing of directors can make you feel too comfortable, and you don't really push for that extra whatever.
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Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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When you write as a woman, there's this feeling there's going to be a softness.
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There's nothing worse than a director who feels more like a cop than a comrade, so I try to never give orders or create an environment where it's 'my way or the highway,' because actually allowing talented people to bring their originality and insight always brings more depth and complexity than if everyone has to do what you tell them to!
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A novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made.
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My roots are in stand-up, and stand-up is very freeing. There's no script involved; you just fly.
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That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't do, so you don't have to worry about them.
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Whenever you're scared of something, don't let that define you. We all feel it, but step up.
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When I lived in Egypt, we always wore kaftans. I had cashmere kaftans from Halston. You put on a kaftan in your backyard, and it's like you're in Ibiza.
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There are always practical decisions to be made about any character you're playing.
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Change before you have to.
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Movies were much better in the days when I was doing them.
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There is a gulf between the Arab peoples and Arab intellectuals.
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The simple reality of life is that everyone is wrong on a regular basis. By confronting these inevitable errors, you allow yourself to make corrections before it is too late.
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When you kill somebody in the movies, it matters, whereas in literature it can be allegorical.
