Barry Sonnenfeld Quotes
I play the father in the scene when Will and Tommy go back to Tommy's old apartment. It was a big mistake. I hope not to be in the next movie I direct.
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Man's idea of God, and a God's collusion, is an essential part of the equation to wage war.
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Hip-hop is a vehicle.
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Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.
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The director had come to Madrid to court me.
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Gossip, even when it avoids the sexual, bears around it a faint flavor of the erotic.
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I have a trophy case that contains all the action figures ever made of me. It also has items I've stolen from my movies, like three guns and holsters from 'Serenity'.
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There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.
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If you do well as an actor, a good director will pick up on it, and keep it in the film.
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A little and a little, collected together, becomes a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and drop make the inundation.
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I'm a little angry in life.
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What a cool job to be part of - whether it's doing lighting or acting or serving food on set. You're part of telling a story that hopefully has an essential component, and that's super exciting to me.
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'Morning Joe' host Mika Brzezinski's personal life is a minefield. Her father is Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter, and while one brother is an Obama appointee, the other advises Romney.
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Cornish wrestling was very different from that in Devon - it was less brutal, as no kicking was allowed.
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I'm not going to be a ten or twelve grand-slam winner. It's not going to happen.
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The unknown used to be really scary, just that fear of, 'What's next? What if I'm not prepared?' I just don't feel that way anymore. I feel like the best is yet to come.
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The truth, it is said, is rarely pure or simple, yet genetics can at times seem seductively transparent.
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The first play I wrote was called 'Twenty-five.' It was played by our company in Dublin and London, and was adapted and translated into Irish and played in America.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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I love it when a character requires me to look less than my red-carpet best.
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In this part of the story I am the one who dies, the only one, and I will die of love because I love you, because I love you, Love, in fire and in blood.
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Acting, and the privilege of being able to do it for a living, is so important to me. I don't turn up and just hope for the best. I really fret about it. I do my homework; I prepare myself for the experience of playing a particular character.
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Any glamorous moment you might mistake me for having is always pretend.
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If something brilliant comes along but I really feel like it's too old for me - that I'm not gonna have the experience it takes - I'm not gonna do it. Even if it's "a big mistake for my career".
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I play the father in the scene when Will and Tommy go back to Tommy's old apartment. It was a big mistake. I hope not to be in the next movie I direct.
