Alan Yang Quotes
We got kind of into a rhythm at 'Parks' because there were so many characters that we had an A story, a B story, and a C story just about every episode. So by the middle of that show's run, we always had three stories, and it worked really well.
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Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved.
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βούλευμα μὲν τὸ Δῖον, Ἡφαίστου δὲ χείρ.
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I can now check Oregon off the 'marathon in every state list.'
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From making documentaries all these years, it doesn't feel right to lead someone. In narratives, I'm always trying to shoot as though it's really happening, and I trust my actors are going to make decisions that I'm going to be following. I want to follow them.
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We got kind of into a rhythm at 'Parks' because there were so many characters that we had an A story, a B story, and a C story just about every episode. So by the middle of that show's run, we always had three stories, and it worked really well.
