Luca Guadagnino Quotes
I think that making a movie is not just making the movie - it is also about having thoughtful ideas and embracing all the aspects of its launch.
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Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.
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I'm not a monarchist. But I'm English. And I have an irrational emotion for my country.
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Never sit staring at a blank page or screen. If you find yourself stuck, write. Write about the scene you're trying to write. Writing about is easier than writing, and chances are, it will give you your way in.
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The only thing that permits human beings to collaborate with one another in a truly open-ended way is their willingness to have their beliefs modified by new facts. Only openness to evidence and argument will secure a common world for us.
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On the other hand, all kinds of adventurous schemes to add security checkpoints to subway and bus systems have been circulating since the London attacks. This is nonsense. No one can guaranty 100 percent security.
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I have been fortunate to experience a wide range of characters. What more can an actor ask for?
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The first play I wrote was called 'Twenty-five.' It was played by our company in Dublin and London, and was adapted and translated into Irish and played in America.
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The thinking mind is what is busy. You have to stay in your heart. You have to be in your heart. Be in your heart. The rest is up here in your head where you are doing, doing, doing.
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I have been in more classrooms than any legislator will ever walk into in their lives, and I see wonderful, caring, dedicated teaching out there.
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The great thing about writing compared to life is getting to tie things up.
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I'm a Sikh; it's part of my religious tradition to never cut my hair and keep it wrapped in a turban.
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In business, you're the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.
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A dinosaur out of context is like a character without a story. Worse than that, the character suffers from amnesia.
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If I still lived in Russia, I'd be dead... or a really effective oligarch.
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Prestige is the shadow of money and power.
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But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress.
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At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
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The older you get, the better you have to look, the higher you have to kick, the harder you have to work.
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Self-examination with a close-up mirror in an antiseptic environment is what Nine Inch Nails is based on.
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I could throw pretty hard. I might strike out 16 guys, but I might walk 10. I mean, I was wild.
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I've seen many, many movies over the years, and there are only a few that suddenly inspire you so much that you want to continue to make films.
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You either end up on a good, fun show that's successful, or you have that question mark in your future, and you know that you don't know what's going to happen, which is exciting.
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When I started drama school, theatre was the main draw. I never had any movie star notions. Not that there were family ties to the theatre, either.
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I think that making a movie is not just making the movie - it is also about having thoughtful ideas and embracing all the aspects of its launch.
