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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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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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 problem in Afghanistan is really not so much land as water. It's a dry country with ample amounts of water running through it, but not to good enough effect.
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I grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors.
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In times of crisis, the incumbent suffers. And the bigger the crisis, the greater the punishment inflicted on those in power unless they do something that makes a change.
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When debts are not paid because they cannot be paid, the best thing to do is not talk about them, and shuffle the cards again.
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I realize that 'Postcards' was like input, and 'Ghostwriting' was output. I had all these frustrations and feelings before I did those two projects. 'Postcards' was something that brought new life and creative inspiration into the record, while 'Ghostwriting' was relieving myself.
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When I have a job to do, time means nothing. I lose patience with people who work on a clock.
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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.
