Sam Taylor-Johnson Quotes
I was always interested in film, but I never knew how to go about becoming a filmmaker.
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The economics of being a playwright are abysmal. I like to think of the work I do out in Hollywood as a way to actually make a life in the theater easier.
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I am a Buddhist.
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I grew up in an affluent suburban world and never worried about money until I'd grown up and found wonderfully original ways to screw up my life.
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Inappropriateness is funny to me. Rudeness is hilarious.
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Expenditures rise to meet income.
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What is important is for me to do my best work on camera. The camera is inches away from you and sees every micromovement of every muscle of your eye. And if you're not relaxed, the camera sees it.
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Tiger Woods, Larry Bird, Wayne Gretzky, a pitcher just before a game, I would imagine they all have nervous energy. But as you perform, the nervous energy dissipates and you start to relax and you start to do what you do best.
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You have this ability in hip hop to be invincibly cool, and that is a part of G-Eazy.
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Only a fool does not fear actors, but you can't beat them, and if you can't beat them, join them, as they say. As I've got older I've become very interested in that part of the work.
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There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.
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Jim Carrey and my dad were best friends. He would always be in my house and stuff like that.
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For anyone who works in front of an audience there is no thrill quite like that of feeling and hearing the evidence of the audience members' enjoyment. Laughter and applause really are powerful.
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Education for all seems to be the product of a type of distributive justice that is in no way related to the individual.
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I am sure that the Ukrainian nation deserves a better life. That is why I have voted for good changes and for stability.
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I've been making some more electronic music, which I really enjoy doing.
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I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.
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Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.
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I'm very lucky to be in projects that have such skilled writing in them.
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The most powerful weapon in Chess is to have the next move.
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Life is always a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope.
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Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels.
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I believe that every human soul is teaching something to someone nearly every minute here in mortality.
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I'm a big reader. My kids love reading, and I think it's important, not just for development but for bonding. You start reading to kids before they can even understand what you're saying to them, so I look at it as a fundamental tool for connection.
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I was always interested in film, but I never knew how to go about becoming a filmmaker.
