Adam Wingard Quotes
I think, as a filmmaker, it's important to be honest with yourself at all times in terms of what's working and what's not.
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If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work - because if they don't, they won't be around the next time the ballot box is open.
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After 'Sesame Street,' it's a hyper-familiar world to me and I have this childlike ability to ignore the fact that I'm talking to scraps of cloth. Every country I go to, I see posters promoting the film in different languages. 'Los Muppets' - I love that!
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Write your own songs. It helps you to mean what you're singing, which will then make it mean something to listeners.
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You have to realize that a lot of life is just fortune and the ebbs of flows of what goes on.
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I did some theater as a kid for fun. But it was really by chance that I landed into acting.
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The moment in which you make somebody laugh, you're only doing it to make them laugh and be happy. Then afterward you can be like, 'Oh, I just want the attention. I feel so good that everybody's listening to me and I got the approval that I need.'
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It's okay to take time for yourself. We give so much of ourselves to others and we need to be fueled both physically and mentally. If we are in balance, it helps us in all our interactions.
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I don't want to be on the Internet.
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Focus on remedies, not faults.
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I think we respond well when we do something well.
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The fact that 35 percent of all American giving went to religious organizations in 2010 reflects how closely bound many of us are with our place of worship.
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You do your work as fully as you can, and the ones who hear the sound join in.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I never wanted to be one of those 'Where are they now?' kids.
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The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
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Even if it happened in real life - and oftentimes, especially if it happened in real life - it might not work in fiction.
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Nothing in the universe is contingent, but all things are conditioned to exist and operate in a particular manner by the necessity of the divine nature.
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Working on the accent helped, enormously. I will tell you that when I brought Michael a correct 'British' accent, one that my dialect coach was happy with, he hated it.
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No organization should be allowed near disaster unless they are willing to cooperate with some level of established leadership.
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I feel like it's really important for an actor to play different roles so people can see, "Oh, he can play that guy or he can play this guy." You're not just "THAT guy," that cowboy guy, that whatever guy. Then you are limiting yourself.
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The second is that the role of China trade in Japanese economy, important as it is, has often been exaggerated, as proven by our experience of the past 6 years.
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My diet is very kale-heavy. It's so nutrient-dense. I stay away from fake processed stuff.
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Don't you love the new crazy Britney, she's our new Liza.
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I think, as a filmmaker, it's important to be honest with yourself at all times in terms of what's working and what's not.
