Adam Wingard Quotes
I love going on IMDb message boards, and there are some hilarious things that go on there - the most negative people on the planet.
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I think why I was attracted to making something with Vice is that level of intimacy that you get as the viewer, getting to see some of that production element where we don't exactly know what we're doing, where we're going, or even if it's a good idea.
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Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.
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You've got to live your life, you've got to enjoy it.
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If I get to a place early in the morning, I try to walk around by myself. I still try to find cool places to go to, like a record store in St. Louis or some restaurant in Chicago.
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But a city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time.
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Speed can't always get you wickets.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.
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For women who turn to welfare, Big Brother becomes Husband.
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I'm often accused of being prudish, but the opposite is true.
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I realize how myself and other people have started to almost fool ourselves that it's more important to us and more real than the real world, the offline world, and we value looking at our phone and pixels on a screen more than connecting eye to eye with a human being, which is terrifying to me because we're becoming robots.
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I have loved movies as the number one thing in my life so long that I can't ever remember a time when I didn't.
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All my friends, they're all gone. I've outlived them all.
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I'm obsessed with those old romance films. I also would love to venture into the silent film world. I think that's extremely compelling and interesting and really relies on the acting, even more so than when you have an actor speaking.
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I would be content if I had nothing but a tape-recorder. I could still write songs and record them.
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Actually, I was born Adam Zachary Orth. Zak is short for my middle name. I was never called Adam.
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It's always been a lie that it's difficult to make films.
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When you work for something, you appreciate it more. So what are y'all going to do with all the opportunities you inherited that you didn't have to work for?
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A lot of people come from small towns, and they come here wondering 'Can I really make it in Hollywood?' When I went to L.A., I knew I was going to make it. There's no doubt about it. Why? Because I'm from Chicago!
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If the rise of European colonisation began in 18th century India, then the rallying cry of 'Jai Hind!' also signalled its end in 1947.
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Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility.
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There are three kinds of people I've found: those who think the universe is good, those who believe it's corrupt, and those who don't want to think about it any more than they can help. I prefer the first two.
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If you just go out there and run 100 miles, it breaks down a lot of barriers in terms of self-imposed limitations.
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I love going on IMDb message boards, and there are some hilarious things that go on there - the most negative people on the planet.
