Alain Resnais Quotes
That's easy to answer: I never had any special appetite for filmmaking, but you have to make a living and it is miraculous to earn a living working in film.
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My work is not so much a direct commentary as it is an open-ended observation of the absurdities around us.
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I was passionate about soccer. I still am. Odd, though - playing soccer always made me much more anxious than playing tennis. On soccer days, I'd be out of bed by 6 in the morning, all nervous. But I was always calm when it was time for a tennis match. I still don't know why.
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To supply people for ages in camps makes no sense... you have to rebuild that cabana that they rent out to tourists on the weekend. They need help getting their fields repaired and their boats repaired.
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Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
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I would love to do a film with a lot of humor in it: a comedy with pain instead of a painful film with some comedy.
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I was sick and tired of being an English actor who did a lot of American movies because I was cheap and good.
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Ignoring facts does not make them go away.
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I'm obsessed with cooking! I want a degree in the culinary arts!
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Some people rehearse to a point where they're robotic, and they sound like they have memorized their presentation and didn't take it to the next level. Going from sounding memorized and canned to sounding natural is a lot of work.
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That's the way it is with poetry: When it is incomprehensible it seems profound, and when you understand it, it is only ridiculous.
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The Mavericks and I have mutually agreed that it's in the best interest of both parties for me to step away from the team.
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Reducing caloric intake is the only proven method of extending life. If caloric intake is reduced to 20 percent below maintenance, you can extend your lifespan considerably.
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From antiquity, Latin died but is still studied in seminaries and elite universities. So did Sanskrit in Asia. iI was replaced by Pali, but even Pali died, too. Linguists say the only ancient language which was resuscitated from the grave was Hebrew of Israel.
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The most important political task facing the out-of-power party - the Democrats for now - is creating a villain to run against. It's certainly easier than developing some grand new ideas or policies on which to campaign.
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I am a total sucker for an actor's autobiography/biography. I have probably read most of them.
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What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one's memories.
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In America and in most of the industrialized world, men are coming to be thought of by feminists in very much the same way that Jews were thought of by early Nazis. The comparison is overwhelmingly scary.
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I would have loved to play Atticus in 'To Kill a Mockingbird.' There's no music in it, but it doesn't mean I wouldn't want to do it!
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The liberty of the individual to do as he pleases, even in innocent matters, is not absolute. It must frequently yield to the common good.
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The funny thing is that everyone thinks I'm naturally dark because all of my siblings are, but I'm naturally dirty blond.
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That's easy to answer: I never had any special appetite for filmmaking, but you have to make a living and it is miraculous to earn a living working in film.
