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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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 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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I was really inspired by these larger-than-life female artists like Lee Bontecou and Eva Hesse and Yvonne Rainier and the incredible Lynda Benglis. There were many women who were really driven and became successful, who were part of essential paradigm shifts, despite the fact that the art world was still dominated by men.
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It was never the fame or fortune that drove me to act. It was something I love and enjoy doing it. A lot of people identify who they are by what they do and that's not me. It's what I do but not who I am. Who I am is a parent. I'm a family man.
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We all have our own purpose in life and I feel very strongly that I have a bigger purpose than giving to just my immediate family and friends.
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It used to upset me - now it makes me sad - to see people use patriotism and our troops as a pawn in their political argument. Because I know personally, growing up in a military family, the sacrifice that is made on a daily basis.
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And I'm up while the dawn is breaking, even though my heart is aching. I should be drinking a toast to absent friends instead of these comedians.
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It would be ridiculous to say I don't want to sell records, but I trust my taste.
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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!
