Quinn Shephard Quotes
I think coming off of "Blame", I've been talking a lot about directing. It's something that I really love and connect with. I truly consider it what I was born to do. That kind of loops in with filmmaking on the whole, because when you create something, you're also wearing a lot more hats than just director. At the same time, I also think acting is something that's very powerful in my life.
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Nothing scares me more than people with some doll collection.
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There's a lot more to me than just power.
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No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground.
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Gossip, even when it avoids the sexual, bears around it a faint flavor of the erotic.
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Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic.
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When the peace treaty is signed, the war isn't over for the veterans, or the family. It's just starting.
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There is no bore like a clever bore.
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I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.
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A lot of actors know they want to be actors a little bit earlier on. I didn't even really start studying until I was about 22.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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I always thought I should be treated like a star.
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I just want people to know they are the masters of their own fortune and misfortune. A lot of us think that doctors and drugs are going to control and help us, but the reality is we're our own best doctor.
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You're allowed to make things for women on television, and there's not like... you don't have to go through the humiliation of having made something directed at women. There it's just accepted, whereas if it's a feature, it's like 'So, talk to me about chick flicks.' It's like... I don't think you want to hear my opinion about this.
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I consider everybody who takes themselves seriously to be a little bit off. And Silicon Valley seems to be the most effusive about how important their contributions are to society.
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I think one reason my books have found mainstream success is that they're written from a skeptical point of view.
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Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
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And it also became clear that these conditions of inequality and historical injustice have given rise to a feeling of hate in the world - a deeply felt hate that cannot easily be overcome with a few good words.
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Do you remember the wrestler Andre the Giant? Famous. He had acromegaly.
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When you work somewhere and you feel comfortable, you don't want to leave. You want to stay there forever.
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One can't make pure clay of time's mud. There is no life that can be recaptured wholly; as it was. Which is to say that all biography is ultimately fiction.
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The business of books is the business of life.
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Do you imagine Sergio Leone with a philosophy? Come on! He was a primitive of movies, a great director on set.
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I think coming off of "Blame", I've been talking a lot about directing. It's something that I really love and connect with. I truly consider it what I was born to do. That kind of loops in with filmmaking on the whole, because when you create something, you're also wearing a lot more hats than just director. At the same time, I also think acting is something that's very powerful in my life.
