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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Where I'm from, you're a square if you go to church or if you decide to read the Koran or Bible.
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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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If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating!
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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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You can't fail with linen. It gives the chair a European classic look of its own.
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I love wearing my hair curly, but turning the curling iron all the way up creates curls that look really made up and artificial.
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I get 'USA Today,' the 'New York Times,' 'Wall Street Journal' and the 'Star-Telegram' at my doorstep. I can't do without them.
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The right-wing of the Republican party isn't so much a political agenda as a plea for help.
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My father told me to dress to reflect the respect you have for the people around you. I've never forgotten that.
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When you kill somebody in the movies, it matters, whereas in literature it can be allegorical.
