Sam Taylor-Johnson Quotes
When you have an author and an auteur, it's a difficult and challenging relationship.
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You have to be un-comfortably comfortable in this business. There's always somebody else who wants what you have.
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If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.
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There was no relationship between a wedding dress and fashion. There was no good taste, either. I realized that I could make an impression in terms of changing and readdressing the whole industry of bridal.
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You put anyone in the outfit, and they look like Gandalf. Not that clever.
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You have to understand, I can't do any jokes about Ross Perot, because the last thing I need right now is another credit check.
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In times of need, God can come to you in a myriad of disguises.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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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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Stax was rejoicing in the difference in who we are, and that's what you see in the film.
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It can be difficult to run your own firm, but the trade off is fewer conflicts and more control.
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Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.
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What I'm trying to do is to write a story. If you take something from it, that's wonderful; if you don't, that's wonderful as well.
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You don't choose who you sit next to in a theater. You sit in a theater, and there's an energy that happens.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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There's nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively.
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Everybody has this sack they're carrying. Some are heavier. Some are lighter. But no one doesn't have it. And if you think someone doesn't have it, they have a bigger one than you imagine.
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Nobody's going to give you everything on a silver tray. It's going to be difficult.
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Unless you're a salesman, or a bad guest on a talk show, you don't call someone by his name that often.
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We have a really cool relationship because I talk to my son like he's my little homie. I try to be the cool dad, like, 'What's up? How many girls you have?'
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It's true, I did a lot of great movies, and I'm happy. It was what it was, and now I think all of that has fed into where I am now, and I think it has taught me a lot.
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I like to make the best of what I have. I'm not a supermodel, clearly. I'm not a makeup artist. I'm a real woman.
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But let there be no misunderstanding. The war against terror is every bit as important as our fight against fascism in World War II. Or our struggle against the spread of Communism during the Cold War.
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I will argue my points; I will have my opinions. But at the end of the day, it's the director's choice.
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When you have an author and an auteur, it's a difficult and challenging relationship.
