Alexander Mackendrick Quotes
The best way to learn how to work with actors is to have had experience of trying to act yourself - it will teach you humility if nothing else.
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Despite the obvious benefits, many Americans do not like Texas. Some even say they despise Texas, and make no secret of their feelings.
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I see a deep connection between peace and change: peace always starts from within, for communities and people alike. The same is true of change: real change starts from within.
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I think I'm a lot funnier and goofier than people were able to see on 'Dancing With the Stars.'
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Vilification on the grounds of race or religion is always wrong. There's no place for inciting hatred within our Australia society.
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Pictures must not be too picturesque.
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Adele's like a beacon of honesty. Doesn't compromise, goes to America and she's still the same sweary cockney.
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The truth is - I found myself doing these huge action-adventure movies, and um, and which are cool man. And I really love doing them. And thankfully I haven't had too much dialogue, because if I had I would have really made a mess of it. You know what I mean?
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Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
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I've still got that little freedom part of me that wants to have a car that looks really sexy.
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Every designer needs a story. Mine is all about glamour because my family has been in the business of glamour for three generations. My grandfather Shamshuddin Khan started his embroidery and fabric-making business in the 1930s.
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I love looking through magazines, and you know, I love getting dressed up to go to events and stuff.
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A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.
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What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party.
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It takes one person to give you a big chance.
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The friends I knew who tutored were well paid for work that seemed far less grueling than waitressing or late-night newspaper copy editing or all the other side gigs I attempted in my early twenties.
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I feel like, when I'm 100% healthy, I can do anything.
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A lot of movies are made to make us dream.
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Part of what's so tricky in a film that's two hours long is how many themes can you effectively explore.
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I always prefer other people's interpretations over my own, so I'm not very quick to make explicit what exactly a song or record is about.
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The Obama administration has been trying out a new policy toward Syria since the day it came to office. The Bush cold shoulder was viewed as a primitive reaction, now to be replaced by sophisticated diplomacy. Outreach would substitute for isolation.
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Ah! If man would but see that hope is from within and not from without - that he himself must work out his own salvation.
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The truth is, I just love to work. I love being on set. I love being around crews. I love being around my fellow actors. Anything that can keep that going is a joy for me.
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I will always come back to do Australian films. I think it matters. I think we can make films that people go and see. And I don't think it's too much to ask that films in this country make a profit and that we embrace them.
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The best way to learn how to work with actors is to have had experience of trying to act yourself - it will teach you humility if nothing else.
