Ben Lewin Quotes
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I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not.
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Being flown to the U.S. to meet Sofia Coppola is really exciting. I was freaking out. I'm a little nervous, as I don't want to muck it up I want to do my best.
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The first prize for any production is, if you can find a location that means you don't have to build sets, that will serve, and is not excessively expensive to hire, then it can save you a lot of money.
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Considering all the legal hassle child stars can be, I won't be surprised when they are phased out by CGI children voiced by adult actors.
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Kevin Hart. He's the man! I like his style. He's short, so I can relate. All the stories he tells are real. I respect that, and he's just a really funny dude - great comedy instincts. To do stand-up on a stage for an hour and tell stories and make people laugh is incredible.
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My mother wrote a couple of romances when I was a kid, and I always saw books in our bookshelf with 'Schroeder' on the spine.
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No intelligent man wears a moustache voluntarily - you can write that down.
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The United States is a low-trade - low-tariff country.
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I did not have a van, or wear Birkenstocks and tie-dyes.
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If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
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I love a mask. It's why I've got a thing about good writing. When you're acting, you're going into someone else's work. You're behind his words; it's not you.
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If you get 10,000 guys to put their ideal woman into a computer, it still comes out looking like Angelina Jolie.
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The physics of water is central to cooking, because food is mostly water. All steak that you cook is actually boiled on the inside.
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One of my favorite things about doing movies is that you get to do different things you'd never do in real life.
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Being outside is a loose theme on 'Paracosm.' Acoustic-sounding instruments have that warmth to them that is really important to communicate. It was really important for me to tell a story – my favorite records have a narrative feel.
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The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.
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I just think political correctness is crap.
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Wikileaks didn't help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
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I love Katharine Hepburn. I love Liesl in 'The Sound of Music.' I love Julie Andrews. I love Audrey Hepburn.
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Always let your subordinates know that the honor will be all theirs if they succeed and the blame will be yours if they fail.
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Being on your own would be sad, sick and weird. I don't trust myself. I need that balance.
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Brooklyn is a very weird borough.
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If you look at the types of directors out there, I'm not as weird as most of them.
