Alan J. Pakula Quotes
Directors have a tendency to use their hands like orchestra conductors. They don't realize that the actor is looking at their faces, anyway.
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Injuries are a huge thing for skating. I think skating is a very unnatural sport for the body, very tough on the joints.
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Listening to music is such an uplifting, spiritual thing. It's far-fetched to some - I understand that. But the way dance music brings people together, it's not a big stretch from hymns.
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The most common form of giantism is a condition called acromegaly, and acromegaly is caused by a benign tumor on your pituitary gland that causes an overproduction of human growth hormone. And throughout history, many of the most famous giants have all had acromegaly.
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Hamas, the opponents of Arafat, the opponents of peace, urged a boycott of the election, and yet there was an 85 percent turnout where Hamas is supposed to be strong. Isn't that really quite incredible?
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I love that I love my job, and from what I'm told, that others who I work with do, too.
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Some people care too much. I think it's called love.
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I like being the center of attention. I want to be in the limelight, basically.
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The piano is a universal instrument. If you start there, learn your theory and how to read, you can go on to any other instrument.
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Each time I've gone to the studio, the songs have got better and I've got more confident.
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I don't really know how to work a camera.
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Gleason became like a mentor of mine. I had Gleason helping me on television, Godfrey on radio.
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House of the Dead 2 I gave away. Alone in the Dark 2 I will also not do; even if the DVD movie made money. BloodRayne 2 in the Wild West is what I really want to do.
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Heavens, no! It could get subpoenaed. I can't write anything.
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It’s not impossible my dear. It’s just a very remarkable coincidence - and remarkable coincidences do happen.
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Acquiring market leaders in the U.S. and around the world continues to be a core part of our growth strategy as we strengthen our global platform, one step at a time.
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Claire Danes is lovely and a really great actress.
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I never read reviews of something I want to see.
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When I was 16, I was taught by a wonderful teacher who let me ignore the Greek syllabus and just read Homer.
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Although people rarely died playing Quidditch, referees had been known to vanish and turn up months later in the Sahara Desert.
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I demand minimal for paid rehearsal and not always six weeks either.
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Sometimes the gifts of God aren't wrapped as we expect.
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Directors have a tendency to use their hands like orchestra conductors. They don't realize that the actor is looking at their faces, anyway.
