J. C. Chandor Quotes
As a writer, I had learned a lot on 'Margin Call' about embracing the weaknesses of a narrative and of a project. A story always has an inherent narrative weakness.
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I always watch the work I do.
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Of course watching a particularly exciting game or a wonderful contestant is always a joy.
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I always dreamed of being Maria in The Sound of Music.
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There's a part of me that's always charging ahead. I'm the curious kid, always going to the edge.
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When you're younger they always try to get you to do every ninny role that's going.
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Nature can always be more complicated than we imagine.
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There's this idea of a star, and this person is very aloof and writes all the music, and they don't talk to anyone unless they go through the record label. And I always felt very uncomfortable about that.
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Since Madonna is positioned as always 'cooler than thou,' we all are primed for schadenfreude if something in her fabulous life goes amiss.
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90%, 100% are going there to hear the singing. The story is another thing. Nobody's interested in the story. Happiness is happiness.
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Sometimes the kids come up with better endings than the real story.
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This basic thing I always do: 'What happened between the character's birth, and page one of the script?' Anything that's not in the story, I'll fill in the blanks.
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I was also the romantic lead in The Boston Strangler - I was the only one that lived to tell the story - so I called myself the romantic lead.
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Instead of assuming that emotional intelligence is always useful, we need to think more carefully about where and when it matters.
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I always say the greats just get better.
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I always knew I was destined for greatness.
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I have a constitutional weakness in which I am very easily distracted by flashing lights. If there is a TV on in the room, I can't have a conversation with you. I won't eat, I won't sleep, I'll just meld with my couch.
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He was a man, he always performed his promises.
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I've experienced many hardships, but mentally, I've always been older, and that reflects in my actions, too.
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I've always worn earplugs, but I'm sure my hearing's not great.
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Screenwriting is a terrible way to make a living and I always try to talk anyone out of it. Until you sit in a story meeting with studio executives with no particular ability or actors who haven't even graduated high school telling you exactly how to change your script, you haven't experienced what it's really like to be a screenwriter in Hollywood. Also, unlike novelists and playwrights, you don't own the copyright on your original material. It hurts when you sell a project you love and then suddenly the project you really cared about will never see the light of day.
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I moved to Los Angeles to be with a man I loved.
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In life, sometimes you just lose.
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I much prefer touring to anything else. Studio work is great, and can be hugely satisfying, but live work has the excitement and the lifestyle that I love.
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As a writer, I had learned a lot on 'Margin Call' about embracing the weaknesses of a narrative and of a project. A story always has an inherent narrative weakness.
