Ang Lee Quotes
Things that don't have a big impact seem to be crucial. Always when you go out to make a movie you have questions, "What if this doesn't work? What if that doesn't work?" you want to cover yourself, you want to bring back enough [footage] so you can do something.Ang Lee
Quotes to Explore
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The contributions of African Americans, Native Americans, and immigrants throughout our nation's history are undeniable, but the tendency to overlook their gallant efforts is pervasive and persistent.
Tammy Duckworth -
If you're going to play the game properly, you'd better know every rule.
Barbara Jordan -
I work so hard, but... everything just goes my way! It's insane!
Zara Larsson -
At a young age, I had to give up a lot of things, like being able to hang out with my friends.
Victoria Justice -
I see myself as a story teller.
E. L. James -
You can't change the market; the market just is.
Wayne Rogers
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I like beautiful clothing. I love Bergdorfs.
Jackee Harry -
I'm a kind person; I don't have a really nihilist streak in me, but I respond to that kind of humour.
Rachel Kushner -
I know that I have to give testimony about all the things I lived, but I need time.
Ingrid Betancourt -
Mostly, I don't write overtly personal stuff.
Randy Newman -
I studied the lives of jazz singers who would tour Europe, and... what I learned was life was big ride for them. They'd seen the dark side of humanity... but touring the world playing jazz, it was a truly carefree way of living. A great escapism, if you like.
Gary Carr -
Once there was a boy so meek and modest, he was awarded a Most Humble badge. The next day, it was taken away because he wore it. Here endeth the lesson.
Nancy Gibbs
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I was doing things that weren't good for me. So I checked into the Churchill Priory clinic. It was the best thing I've done for ages.
Kate Moss -
I'm not better than anyone else. I'm not supposed to be on a pedestal. I've always stayed away from that.
Barry Sanders -
Accept it or not, every star, actor, and director wants to work on larger-than-life films.
Ram Charan -
It's different for every project. Some parts are quicker than others to get and know; sometimes right up until the last moment you're just praying that something will click. But you can only do a certain amount of work and then at some point you've got to think: 'OK, I'm just going to have to leap now.'
Sally Hawkins -
Sorry, no, I'm never satisfied with my drumming.
Pat Mastelotto Mr. Mister -
Stasis is something that has marked my life since I was a boy growing up in Pittsburgh with my mother. It was the natural state that we existed in. For one thing, she suffered from a debilitating depression throughout my childhood, and depression is nothing if not static.
Said Sayrafiezadeh
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At a big company, often size turns into constipation; it fogs the lens about what's really happening. Sometimes with size and success comes the notion that since we've done things to be successful, we have the formula and can institutionalize it. That can be death.
Mark Parker -
The problem with losing your anonymity is that you can never go back.
Marla Maples -
The business side of film has goofed up so many things, but even that's changing. It happened to the music industry and now it's happening to the film studios. It's crazy what's going on. But artists should have control of their work; especially if, as I always say, you never turn down a good idea and never take a bad idea.
David Lynch The Platters -
No two people who make a movie on a certain budget scale are going to achieve the same thing because it just depends on what sort of favors you can call, and what sort of dynamics you can pull in the play.
David Lowery Camper Van Beethoven -
The world is not checking in with us to see what skills we've picked up, what idea we've concocted, what dreams we carry in our hearts. When a job opens, whether it's in the chorus line or on the assembly line, it goes to the person standing there. It goes to the eager beaver the boss sees when he looks up from his work: the pint-sized kid standing at the basketball court on the playground waiting for one of the older boys to head home. "Hey, kid, wanna play?"
Chris Matthews -
Things that don't have a big impact seem to be crucial. Always when you go out to make a movie you have questions, "What if this doesn't work? What if that doesn't work?" you want to cover yourself, you want to bring back enough [footage] so you can do something.
Ang Lee