Anton Corbijn Quotes
Working with actors is something I've never done before. I find it tremendous. It's hard work.
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It is hard to watch myself. I'm hypercritical, and it's difficult to watch a performance when I may end up being at odds with it - wishing I'd done something differently or that they had edited it a certain way.
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I often joke that I straddle psychosis and neurosis, and that being an artist keeps me in the middle, so I can work between the two.
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I promised my mom that if, after a year of putting 150 percent into my career it didn't work out, I would go back to school. I never did go back.
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A man with a silver spoon may get his share of supporters, but he can never be an inspiration for somebody! Patience and hard work are the key to every man's success.
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I really don't want to portray the Islamists as simply evil, the way it's often done in the west.
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The most overrated tool: a pasta maker. Why make it when you can buy it? It's a lot of work!
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I think the tradition of well-written history hasn't been squashed out of the academic world as much in Britain as it has in the United States.
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I don't believe in sharing my money. If I go out and work my nuts off and make some money, I don't feel that I should have to share it with my community.
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I work on words quite separately to music. They're both ongoing, and I don't ever feel like I'm working in a cycle in that respect, because it's every day anyway, no matter what I'm doing. Then I get to a point when I've collected together enough words that seem like they want to be songs rather than poems, or sometimes not.
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I've done fine in this business, but I've never made quite enough money to have a family or have many options.
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I've done stuff in the past and followed in the footsteps of my heroes, and each time, it felt a little bit surreal.
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The way the recession has affected Hollywood, a lot of actors that had robust opportunities before in film no longer have such plum options, so cable has done a good job of becoming a happy medium for artists deemed film actors.
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Whenever I get an audition to do something that is sci-fi-related, it makes me really happy because I realize that I can continue doing the work that I'm doing and continue meeting people all over the world. It does baffle my management team sometimes, though!
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I've worked with very few that I considered unpleasant. Dennis the Menace was a joy to work on.
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In my view, the adults are the burnt generation of Iraq for whom nothing can be done. But for the children, we can worry now, we can talk about them, we can plan for them, we can get our protest heard by others.
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I didn't do my work for money or prizes - only for the excitement of discovery.
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I've learned not to hide behind a veil of irony - to talk about my work in a more honest way.
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There is nothing in the world, I venture to say, that would so effectively help one to survive even the worst conditions as the knowledge that there is a meaning in one's life.
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Once I'm on set, the only thing I'm really interested in is being in the room. Being present. And trusting that what I've done is sufficient, and I'm also trusting that I've also left room for magic.
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I used to walk around saying that I'm just another black man without a college degree.
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Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.
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It's the best feeling when you wake up and it's warm and cozy, and you don't have to go to work.
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For me, whatever age or size I've been, I have rather liked myself. The shell is not the thing at all.
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Working with actors is something I've never done before. I find it tremendous. It's hard work.
