Alex Garland Quotes
The first draft of 'Ex Machina' is extremely different than the finished film. That would be like 10% of the original draft stayed into the shooting script.
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Look at how hard it was to get to where I am. It doesn't make sense to give it up.
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Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.
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You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.
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Boating on the lake is one of my favorite summer activities.
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First of all, returning from motherhood, I was looking for something lighter, and I wasn't as much attracted to Kate as I was to the relationship between the two people.
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I have felt that connection and stewardship for Earth for as long as I can remember. And not just for Earth, but the whole universe.
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There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.
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You eat and sleep it all day long and play on the streets until mom calls you in. My story is no different than anybody else's.
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I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. I just really, really amused myself and my friends with memorizing entire George Carlin or Steve Martin albums.
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I'm a food addict, that's my downfall.
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I'd like to sell out worldwide stadium tours. That'd be something. Or to have sixty number ones on Billboard.
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Serial killers are everywhere! Well, perhaps not in our neighborhood, but on our television screens, at the movie theatres, and in rows and rows of books at our local Borders or Barnes and Noble Booksellers.
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I said back in 2010 when I was rubbish at the European championships, 'If I never win an omnium until 2012, I don't care.' I then won Olympic gold.
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When I record something, I'll take a drive and just listen.
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I've never loved anybody the way I love my children.
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I want to promote the introduction of art history in primary schools and to convince the general public that, even in a period of economic crisis, arts funding is an absolute necessity at the federal, state, and local levels.
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Let it be known: I am a free agent. I'm operating as an independent label. I do not have corporate sponsors. I don't have no corporate backing. I don't have no major distribution.
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We have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued and they must be defeated.
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Just making a movie the way 'All is Lost' had to be made was a great experience, because it was structured differently than any other film I will make for the rest of my life.
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A lot of people, some of them close to me as well, have said that I sacrificed myself by doing what I did in bringing Terry on board. I didn't see it that way.
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My dad introduced me to baseball. Then one of my friends asked if I could play on a team; my dad said I could, and I just fell in love with the game.
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There have been 700 or 800 songs I've written over the last 60 years, as I went through different periods of writing. I listen and marvel at how different they are and how they still stand up. They are very well done, if I must say so.
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If I'm played out of position, I'll always give 100%, but everyone knows I would rather play down the middle.
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The first draft of 'Ex Machina' is extremely different than the finished film. That would be like 10% of the original draft stayed into the shooting script.
