Edward Zwick Quotes
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There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.
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When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.
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My phone blows up all the time. I had to change my number.
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You have to be willing to ask questions that almost no one else would ask.
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I've sort of been an anthropologist of modern America, in a non-academic way. Whether it's Marines or Tupperware salesladies, high end audiophiles or bike couriers, I'm fascinated by the hallmarks of the American tribe.
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'Dancing with the Stars' is awesome.
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I have been, and will remain, outspoken in my insistence that Israel has a right to live in peace and security.
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It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.
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We really love to learn and explore things.
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This person they make me out to be irritates the hell out of me as well.
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I knew that I wanted to be a writer even before I knew exactly what being a writer entailed.
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When you face a 'performance' that might provoke the 'I'm scared' response, choose love and approach your opportunity as a chance to dance with God. It's more fun than 'Dancing with the Stars!'
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We don't have to look back at da Vinci's work and Albert Einstein's work and Mozart's work. We're actually living in the time period that David Lynch is creating his art. We're so lucky.
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I stayed in the ghetto. Then I stayed in condos, then I stayed in penthouses, and then I stayed in mansions.
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I was living with my stepfather for a while, and then I moved out and went and lived on my own in Hastings-by-the-Sea from about 16.
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Tennis Australia really led the charge as far as upping the prize money and trying to do the right thing by the players. They also led the way so women have equal prize money in all the grand slams too.
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I didn't know that I could do a talk show. I didn't know that we could bring variety to daytime. I didn't know that people wanted to see singing, and dancing and comedy in the morning.
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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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I've always been fascinated by activists, people who will devote their life to a cause, people who go to India and to Africa and put their life in jeopardy to do what they believe is right.
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Southeast Asia was home for much of my childhood, but I moved to Hawaii when I was in high school.
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If a man is in need of rescue, an airplane can come in and throw flowers on him, and that's just about all. But a direct lift aircraft could come in and save his life.
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I believe that all is illusion and vanity outside the treasure of truths slowly accumulated, and which will never again be lost. I believe that the sum of these truths, always increasing, will at last confer on man incalculable power and peace, if not happiness. Yes, I believe in the final triumph of life.
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Make an effort to do the things that you enjoy instead of being lazy about it. Life is worth the hassle.
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It's a harder time to make original, less conventional movies. But God, we need them!
