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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You have to understand, I can't do any jokes about Ross Perot, because the last thing I need right now is another credit check.
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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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I think if you come from a history of persecution you have to develop a sense of humour.
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I make a mean cup of coffee, if you give me the right ingredients.
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You live in the city and all the time there are signs telling you what to do and billboards trying to sell you something.
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Be happy. Don't make a Vine about, like, something not that happy.
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I remember being at Greenblatt's on Sunset, and some guy just walked straight up to me, and he had some bling on and whatever, and said something about a party down in Malibu and asked if I would jump in his car and go to the party. All I could think was, 'Who are you? I don't know you, and I don't care about how good your car is.'
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When you kill somebody in the movies, it matters, whereas in literature it can be allegorical.
