Alexi Zentner Quotes
I think so much of young adult literature sort of gets ghettoized - the title 'young adult' makes people immediately discount it. And just like with books that get written for adults, there is plenty of young adult literature that is bad. But there is also plenty of young adult literature that is brilliant.
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I struggle if I have chaos around me, but at the same time, if I don't have it, I'm uncomfortable. It's a strange thing: If I don't have chaos, I create it.
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I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.
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The character I play is a wonderful compilation of things I hate about myself and things I love about myself and things that I've invented to make her even more interesting than me.
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'Lovejoy' has a special place in my heart because it was through my efforts that the series first came to the screen.
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I never wear matching socks. It's kind of a thing that I have!
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I think talent makes me really attracted to someone more than anything.
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I played small forward on the basketball team. I also ran the 300 hurdles.
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All of the characters in my films, they share one commonality. It doesn't matter whether they are good or bad, it doesn't matter whether they are smart or stupid, these characters all take responsibility for their own behavior. I'm much the same.
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If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent.
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I wanted a personal-finance tool for people who didn't want to be accountants: something you could set up in ten minutes and spend less than five minutes a week on. Mint is now that tool.
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You know, I've sold a lot of bad movies in my time.
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If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.
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To get promoted, company executives need to be able to see you as one of them.
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The motivation is important for me to act it, but I don't necessarily want the audience to know my motivation.
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I go back and forth between indie and studio because I feel like it, not because I feel obligated to do one or the other.
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I am never without my lyric book. If anything inspirational happens, I have it there so nothing's forgotten.
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The truth is that for a Democrat to triumph in a presidential election, it needs to come on the heels of 'the dark times' of an unpopular Republican administration. Carter followed the Nixon era, Clinton succeeded after 12 years of Reagan/Bush, and Obama was a direct result of eight years of Bush/Cheney.
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Starting out, they told me: 'You're a good-looking guy. We'll put you in this role, and you can be a conduit for the audience into this side of the story.' But I've grown up, and that's not what I want anymore. My concept of the job I do has evolved. And it is a job, nothing more.
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I think titles are extremely important for novels: They can set the tone, tip you off, serve as shorthand for what the essential contents are.
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Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.
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I got sent some cheese once. I'm not sure if that was saying something about my act, or just because I like cheese.
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I think so much of young adult literature sort of gets ghettoized - the title 'young adult' makes people immediately discount it. And just like with books that get written for adults, there is plenty of young adult literature that is bad. But there is also plenty of young adult literature that is brilliant.
