Walter Kirn Quotes
Everyone his own cinematographer. His own stream-of-consciousness e-mail poet. His own nightclub DJ. His own political columnist. His own biographer of his top-10 friends!
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Movies are a director's medium, and they end up getting less credit than actors. They get the flak if the movie doesn't do well, and the actor walks away with most of the credit if the film does well.
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I write 'Broad City,' so I connect it to me.
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If you put people up on pedestals, there's only one way for them to go, and that is down.
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Kosovo today is closer to Europe than other countries in the region of South Eastern Europe.
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To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.
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Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
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Yeah, I'm running for the White House again. Well, it's not a run, really; it's sort of a brisk walk.
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I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.
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In many films, as many different characters, I've killed many different people.
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If I were to work with my mom, I probably would not want her to play my mom. That would get too real.
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'Motorcycle Diaries' had the best costumes - that battered jacket and those linen shirts. I wear linen shirts in real life, too, and I have a nice, simple number I got handed down. As a father, you just stop buying stuff for yourself. It's all for the kids.
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I'm fascinated by the way Diane Arbus saw things. She came from this fashion background and then twisted it.
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I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earrings. I looked like Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun.
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I love Chicago. It's one of my favorite cities, hands down.
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People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.
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It doesn't matter how many times you win an award, it is always very special.
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I don't read my reviews, but I have a bunch of them and I will when I'm 80.
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Perhaps 10 percent of patients who are prescribed antidepressants are really benefiting from the drugs' active ingredients.
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Anytime you present a message that is seen as hate, you're going to have a negative impact.
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A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
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On the other track I got to talk with Jon Poll, my editor, and we go into more detail about the decisions we made in both the production and the post-production. So I hope the combination becomes something worth collecting.
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As our knees and hips and eyesight deteriorate, we become more dependable, less impulsive, kinder, and less moody. Psychologists call this the maturity principle. My own life experience fits this principle to a T.
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My granny would come out and stay with us in the winter, and we would listen to the reports from the coastal stations and have a discussion in the middle of Glasgow about what the weather was like in Tiree.
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Everyone his own cinematographer. His own stream-of-consciousness e-mail poet. His own nightclub DJ. His own political columnist. His own biographer of his top-10 friends!
