Lauren Greenfield Quotes
I've often used the extremes in my work to comment on the mainstream. I think that sometimes a subject that I'm working on, like popular culture, is so present all around us that they're hard to see. It's like: How do you see the air you breathe? How do you see how it affects you?
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When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic.
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I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing my work!
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Food is everything. Food, friends, family: Those are the most important things in life.
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One Direction is the main thing I'm doing and I'm 100 per cent dedicated to the group.
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As a musician myself, it annoys the hell out of me to watch an actor trying to play a guitar out of time with the music.
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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
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A good indignation brings out all one's powers.
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But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented.
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I can work as a writer, but I wanted to do stand-up.
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Every character I've ever played, I always try to take him right to the edge and not allow him to fall over, but directors have a tendency to pull me back a little bit.
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People who relieve others of their money with guns are called robbers. It does not alter the immorality of the act when the income transfer is carried out by government.
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I've never been in a relationship before. I've only been in unrequited relationships where people haven't loved me back. I guess I'm a little bit attracted to that in a bad way.
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I don't think Christ becomes real to us until we hit a low point in our lives and realize just how much we need Him. That's why faith affects every area of your life.
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My father used to tell me about how musicians don't have respect from people and he was afraid about my future.
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I've had loss in my life, and I like to think my mother's energy lives on in some faintly Buddhist way. I do find some comfort there.
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People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job.
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If you're constantly pushing yourself higher, higher, the law of averages - not to mention the myth of Icarus - predicts that you will at some point fall. And when you do, I want you to know this, remember this: There is no such thing as failure.
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I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
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My father went to Rutgers, and I grew up in New Jersey, so I'm a great Rutgers fan. I have season tickets.
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I don't actually listen to much music since I need quiet to work.
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I'm not the person who looks back or looks forward. I try to live in what is now.
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I actually picked up copies of Decline I and II at a flea market once. I walked out without paying.
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I've often used the extremes in my work to comment on the mainstream. I think that sometimes a subject that I'm working on, like popular culture, is so present all around us that they're hard to see. It's like: How do you see the air you breathe? How do you see how it affects you?
