Adam Shankman Quotes
A little secret - I'm the child of a shrink. I am; my mom's a shrink, and my father's a lawyer. So believe me, I analyze and negotiate. That is a huge amount of the director's work, especially when you're working with people who - such a variety.
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In the electronic game world, I know I have a reputation for doing the cyberpunk thing, and for doing the serious epic fantasy thing, but if you go back to when I was a kid, I've been a Disney fan all my life.
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Americans are really obsessed with their teeth being white and straight, aren't they? I saw this little girl the other day with one of those whole head braces. Elastic all the way around! How traumatizing for a child to have to wear one of those! You look like a monster.
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To do a really good interview, you have to be truly interested in the person.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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We are not a TV station that only concentrate on those who are always under light. We are not a TV station for celebrities and for grand politicians and superstars. We are a TV station for the ordinary person. The normal people, ordinary people in the Arab world sees Al Jazeera as their voice.
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Twenty years ago, there were dozens and dozens of independent television producers. There are a couple now, at the most. Mark Burnett, Endemol. It's gone. Everybody works for the Man now. And it's natural law, how that happened: Nobody prescribed it, but it's how things worked out and how it has been for decades, period.
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I'm not the type of actor who is trying to do a whole bunch of different stuff, you know what I mean?
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I feel there's enough seriousness in the world without seeing it in the theatre.
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I was always looking for evidence of these common musical roots, but I was too young to know that what I was doing was called ethnomusicology.
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I let characters be human and flawed and relatable. When we do things that aren't that great, we can understand it.
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My parents' long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one.
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If my wife was to say, 'Honey, I'd like you to go to PSG', I would have to take it into account.
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Most people marry their mother. I married my father.
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For me, visuals are as important as the music. I just love escapism and giving people something to escape to. To me, that's what art is.
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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Ever since I was a kid, I've wanted to set a time that nobody can touch for many years.
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Sometimes I still go round the house making weird noises and stuff, so in that aspect, I haven't grown up!
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We are quick to stick labels on others - especially those who don't fit in with the norm. 'Harold Fry' is about a broken marriage; 'Perfect' is about a broken person. They are both about finding kindness where you least expect it.
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The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them when they are invaded.
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You know, every year has been fantastic for me, I'm still here, I'm still alive and it's been fantastic.
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I am in the hands of Deori Maa. Every time I come to Ranchi, I visit her temple. I still remember my first visit.
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It is so difficult in the world for people to find love, true love.
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It's a side of museums that many people don't see and sometimes don't understand when they see it in your budget. It's something that happens out of the way and it's not flashy but we're ensuring the long-term health of the cultural legacy of the area.
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A little secret - I'm the child of a shrink. I am; my mom's a shrink, and my father's a lawyer. So believe me, I analyze and negotiate. That is a huge amount of the director's work, especially when you're working with people who - such a variety.
