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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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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A book is a gift you can open again and again.
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And you also have to do movies that are about commerce because that's what is required of the industry today.
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In this business you have to develop a thick skin, but I'm always going to feel everything. It's my nature.
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God will not damn a lunatic's soul. He knows that the powers of evil are too great for those of us with weak minds.
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If you are not moving closer to what you want, you probably aren't doing enough asking. And you're probably not asking the single most important question that can help you achieve a higher level of success and personal fulfillment: How am I doing?
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One of humanity's prime drives is to understand and be understood. All other living creatures are designed for highly specialized tasks. Man seems unique as the comprehensive comprehender
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Pop is a little bit theatrical. That's the whole vibe. That's the point - is that it's great music, great melodies, great hooks. But, on top of it, it's a presentation. There's a showmanship about it. And that's why I wanted to be a pop star.
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When you have an author and an auteur, it's a difficult and challenging relationship.
