Edward Zwick Quotes
I tend not to go look at movies before I make a movie. I'd rather not be specifically influenced.
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The more I compose, the more I know that I don't know it all. I think it's a good way to start. If you think you know it all, the work becomes a repetition of what you've already done. I try to make sure that I don't repeat my music.
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Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain.
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If you do well as an actor, a good director will pick up on it, and keep it in the film.
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There had always been black people in and out of our house, and from the outset I had been taught that for them life was defined by struggle and filled with injustice.
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All of these mechanisms we have for celebrating are so double-edged. So much sorrow comes out of joy.
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I like the map feature on the iPhone that tells me where I am, because I travel a lot.
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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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We live a happy life, and we don't take anything too seriously.
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I'm called a terrorist in the Arab media still today.
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Prestige is the shadow of money and power.
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One of my favorite vacation places is Miami, because of the people, the water and the beach - of course - and the architecture on Miami Beach is so wonderful.
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To live in mankind is far more than to live in a name.
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All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen.
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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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A man in the house is worth two in the street.
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The England team must always be respected. They always fight to the end.
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Change is not only likely, it's inevitable.
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I'm an academic. I teach at the university, and that's where I will go back to.
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I always figure hey, look, I'm not a rock star, I'm an actor. I'm somebody who's meant to be other people and I'm not meant to be here representing myself. I'm happier when I'm presenting myself as other characters.
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I love exercise, but I didn't join a single sports club as a student - I have no hand-eye coordination. Things like yoga are amazing, but anything with a ball just isn't for me.
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I was raised on movie sets, and I decided for myself at a very young age that it was what I wanted to do.
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While the storytelling in games is getting so much better, you look at something like Grand Theft Auto V, which I thought was really beautifully written, it doesn't really need a movie because it is a movie. So I think you need a unique game - you either need an incredibly talented writer and director to come in and put together an amazing vision, or you need a game like Metal Gear, which is very cinematic, has a huge amount of history behind it, but whose cinematic experience is very different from what you'd get in a theater.
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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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I tend not to go look at movies before I make a movie. I'd rather not be specifically influenced.
