Antony Johnston Quotes
I've always loved 'lived-in' sci-fi. We take it for granted now, but it was a revelation in the late '70s - '80s, when movies like 'Alien', 'Escape From New York', and even 'Star Wars' introduced us to the idea that the future could, in fact, look old.
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Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.
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I write in a small office at home.
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My father, I think he played percussion in high school. My mother played piano when she was very young, but only for a brief while. I don't think she had a great teacher. In any case, neither of them were really into music at a young age.
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I love to see women who are comfortable in their skin and dress to suit their body - that looks fabulous because it's authentic.
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In 1995, the Chinese government picked a 6-year-old child to succeed the Panchen Lama, the second highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism.
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Really? Worst film you ever saw. Well, my next one will be better. Hello. Hello.
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Anybody who plays the stock market not as an insider is like a man buying cows in the moonlight.
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Recently I've been collecting Star Wars figures again. When I was a kid I couldn't afford them. Now I can so I've been buying them and keeping them in their box for a later date when they'll be worth a lot of money.
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It is not the form that dictates the color, but the color that brings out the form.
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A man notices a woman's figure when she walks in a room. Women have eight million words for blue; a man says dark blue or light blue.
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Somebody can't complain when they enjoy going to work and enjoy the people they work with.
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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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I've been training quite hard.
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I pick the wrong kinds of guys, but they're so hot.
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Making your first feature film is actually impossible.
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We'll support anyone who's doing something fresh.
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'The Exorcist' is absolutely my favorite horror film, and I watched it when I was, like, seven years old with my mother for the first time. I don't know why my mom let me watch that. I couldn't go to the bathroom by myself. I couldn't go upstairs by myself. I couldn't sleep.
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I sit down at my desk pretty early in the morning and write all day until about 4 or 5 p.m.
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I've always loved teaching acting. I think it helps me to kind of get back to basics. It's like a refresher course for me as well, so in a sense, I'm hopefully learning as much as my students are - or at least discovering or re-discovering as much as they are. I find that when I teach, I'm reminded of my own sort of failings. I'm reminded of where I sometimes keep going wrong.
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How could you disguise your own thoughts so even you didn't know what you were thinking?
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Everyone should have their mind blown once a day.
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Am I pushy? Yep. Do I like taking 'no' for an answer when 'no' means New Yorkers aren't going to get something they need? No. Do I push back and crack some eggs? Absolutely.
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I've always loved 'lived-in' sci-fi. We take it for granted now, but it was a revelation in the late '70s - '80s, when movies like 'Alien', 'Escape From New York', and even 'Star Wars' introduced us to the idea that the future could, in fact, look old.
