Leon Uris Quotes
The first thing you have to do is get immersed in the project, organizing yourself, knowing what you are going after and not going after.
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When I did a high-profile project, I was not the developer of it.
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We do not project power from bankruptcy court. We're borrowing a million dollars a minute. It's got to stop somewhere.
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I like to reinvent with each project, in any which way possible.
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The West has demonstrated its ability in the past to project power and move troops to distant regions.
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I would like the thrill of making a new project every time.
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When I was eleven, I got cast in the last directorial project of Christopher Reeve.
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What really excites me in a project is when it goes in a way you haven't been before.
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Everything can't be a postage-stamp-sized project. Everything can't be a chamber piece. Musicals aren't even meant to be that, or identified with it... It's none of it simple.
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I feel like I've really earnt my stripes - I feel ready to play a lead. I would just love to prove I'm good enough to carry a project.
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Every film I do, I'm involved with from the very conception of the project.
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This project, 'Electronica,' is about working with people who are a strong source of inspiration to me.
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Any project that I find encouraging that isn't attached to a studio, I can go to them, which I definitely would. You have to take an interest in what you do.
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Over the years, many executives have said to me with pride: 'Boy, I worked so hard last year that I didn't take any vacation.' I always feel like responding, "You dummy. You mean to tell me you can take responsibility for an eighty-million-dollar project and you can't plan two weeks out of the year to have some fun?
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The first thing you have to do is get immersed in the project, organizing yourself, knowing what you are going after and not going after. It is extremely important to know what you don't want to find. Research to me is as important or more important than the writing. It is the foundation upon which the book is built.
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Of all the projects I've worked on, I've never worked with another director like Billy Friedkin. I think he's a genius.
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People think you have this exciting and romantic life, because you project this exciting, romantic life on screen. But in reality you're just doing the same thing as everyone else - you know, sitting around watching TV with your gut hanging out, playing with your kid, or even sitting on the toilet. You know what's weird? Even I'm not that interested in my personal life any more.
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My fun is working on a project and solving the problems.
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I'd done a very long project on Bridges To Babylon. I was on the road for ages with that. When I came off the road, I thought, the next thing I want to do on my own.
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As you get to the end of the project you want to run all the tests cases against one version and make sure that you know that that version passed everything. And so as you get late in the project you get a little more conservative about making radical changes to the software.
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I would love to see some comedies about loser women.
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Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough.
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Once you put a mask on, if you allow it to, it can really transform you, and that's what a costume does.
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The first thing you have to do is get immersed in the project, organizing yourself, knowing what you are going after and not going after.
