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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It often happens that we are most touched by what we are least capable of. Evanescent delicacy is not the quality in the arts that I admire most, but it is often the characteristic by which I am most reduced to envy.
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It's funny, but on a set there's a pecking order. There's a caste system, you know? It goes from the star down to the extra. That includes the crew as well. I've never liked that.
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Charter opponents often try to delegitimize strong testing results like those in Boston by attributing them to excessive test prep - as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio did recently.
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It's a humbling thing, having kids. One of my sons came to rehearsals, and now he says Daddy's job is 'go play loud music.'
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I am interested in agricultural corporations and how they function. The idea that they own the genetics of our food supply is a really compelling thing to me.
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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!
