Atom Egoyan Quotes
I think the situation in Toronto is such that there are funding organizations which make it easy for a film to raise more money than it needs and very often that works against a film.
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You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.'
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I'm definitely a foodie.
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A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind.
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My dream was to play in good films, no matter in what country. I always waited for a decent script, and nothing has changed. I'm just sure that nothing in life is random, and I believe in the fate which guides you. Probably my starring in 'A Good Day to Die Hard' is good proof of that.
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In the future, I want to do an action movie! I'm going to get in shape, get ripped, and have my Chris Pratt transformation. And then become a movie star like that.
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I just don't think men fancy me.
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I do not think that it is right for me to start giving opinions about the human rights situation of any country, including Gambia, except when those crimes translate into the crimes that I have to investigate.
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There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.
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Editing is a natural extension of the collage making. It's actually one of the few areas that women were able to excel in in the film industry from the beginning.
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The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.
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What is the future of the woman's movement? How in the hell do I know? I don't run it.
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While I was boxing professionally, I never thought about my looks. The furthest thing from my mind was 'messing up my pretty face' when I was on my way to the ring to meet my opponent. Yet, people I'd meet along the way would always ask me if I was worried about my looks. Then they would go on to say that I was 'too pretty to box.'
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The 'Outlander' fans are super-passionate.
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When I started playing in bands, we had to be apologetic for what we did. We had to be apologetic because the mainstream was so bad.
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So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.
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I love going to the local market and seeing friends that I grew up with... and having conversations. I love the community of Bayonne.
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I am a person who cares deeply about what is happening in the country, and for me, in most ways since getting out of the service, at least, politics has been the way in which I see myself best serving and trying to make things better.
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I don't know if I have enough guts to do a whole standard jazz record.
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I'm still very much a kid inside myself.
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It may not matter to anybody now, but when you go out there and perform on the field, that's what matters.
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Personally, I believe that government, rather than money, tends to be the primary factor limiting the development of new technologies.
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I think the situation in Toronto is such that there are funding organizations which make it easy for a film to raise more money than it needs and very often that works against a film.
