Andre Previn Quotes
At MGM, you knew you were going to be working next year; you knew you were going to get paid. But I was too ambitious musically to settle for it. And I wanted to gamble with whatever talent I might have had.
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I'm over the word 'like' in conversation, and 'you know' seems to be the placeholder of choice, but when I'm writing dialogue, I tend to use those phrases because that's how people talk.
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You could put all of Rev. Jeremiah Wright's angry sermons on to one loop. You could put that loop up on the big screen at Radio City Music Hall and let it play there 24 hours a day, seven days a week and Barack Obama will still emerge as the next president of the United States.
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Once I discovered how important writing music was to me and just what a huge weight it lifted off of me, I knew that it was going to be the biggest part of my life, the biggest love of my life, the biggest thing in my life.
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I know it sounds strange, but I'm one of those people who goes to a coffee shop to drink coffee.
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We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe.
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Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.
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Anyone who knows me well will tell you that arrogance is one of my flaws.
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Set a clear, easy-to-understand vision for your company, and make it be a mission people believe in.
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We need to start looking at having a way of managing the whole ecosystem, because you can't pick away at it piece by piece, you have to truly start being coordinated and managing our resources as a system. We haven't gotten to that point yet.
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Sexuality is a private matter; some believe that broadcasting it destroys the very things that make it sacred.
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We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.
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When you're filming, it's very different from what you see on screen.
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'Twin Peaks' was incredibly slow, methodic, taking shots that were uncomfortably long, with a lot of scenes where there was barely any dialogue. 'Riverdale' has a much faster pace.
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Ever since I was a child I've always been very attracted to melodies. Whether I hear Jeff Beck, a choir, an ocean or the wind, there's always a melody in there.
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I remember reading 'The Guest' and thinking, 'This is going to be something!'
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I write very slowly.
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The poets' scrolls will outlive the monuments of stone. Genius survives; all else is claimed by death.
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I associate the truest spirit of Christmas with certain years when I had to spend it at my parents' house as an adult who had, presumably, escaped.
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I like most of the venture capitalists I know; they're smart, well-intended guys who genuinely enjoy helping entrepreneurs succeed. And I love venture capital and investment capital of all categories - its economic impact is proven. The more of it the better.
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I'm just trying to get an exposure and make my day.
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We should not have used them. That was a mistake, which we deeply regret.
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Madonna is a feminist and has been doing more for the cause than all the grumpy feminists, who are giving nothing back by being grumpy.
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At MGM, you knew you were going to be working next year; you knew you were going to get paid. But I was too ambitious musically to settle for it. And I wanted to gamble with whatever talent I might have had.
