Adrian Lyne Quotes
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I never wanted to give up my given name. I'm proud of it, but the only problem was that no one remembered it. It was just a little too awkward, and they mispronounced it so frequently.
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If my career path takes me elsewhere, that's great. But comedy is my forte.
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I want to make music that I like; not something that I have to make because I think it's going to sell.
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The stakes are high on every film now because there's the opening weekend. The first week is extremely crucial; increasingly, films are being judged in terms of opening day, opening weekend, then first week. People are going berserk promoting their films.
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The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us.
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At some point in your life, if you're lucky, you get to design the way in which things evolve.
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A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist.
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To these ideals which were instilled in me when I was a youth, I attribute in a large degree the success that was mine on the bicycle tracks of the world.
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In the '90s, I wouldn't have been a supermodel.
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People need songs to belt out in the shower. Even if everyone else doesn't need that, I need that.
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Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors.
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Reducing the price of cancer drugs is a humanitarian move.
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I actually studied literature at university, so I'm much more of an arts-based person, but I remember I actually did enjoy physics because you got to do weird experiments. I remember we did this thing with static where we all had to put our hands on this static ball to see that your hair would all stand on end.
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Being engaged is absolutely a time to cherish!
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I'm looking for a world where love will no longer be extraordinary.
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Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.
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'Brotherhood: Homage to Claudius Ptolemy'
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Politics, I now understand, is at its best when it enlightens us via an opponent's insight.
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So, they had this 40-odd year friendship with each other and with Mr Harwood. So, when I came on it Albert, Tom and Maggie were in the cast. But then Albert wasn't up for it, so he had to withdraw.
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Everybody remembers 'Just Shoot Me,' and I'm very proud of that. It's still on TV, and people still catch it and laugh about it, and I personally have wonderful, wonderful memories working with those people.
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Languages, literature, art, music, history: are all self-evident helps - and even mathematics and sciences, by training memory and demanding the analytical approach, are helpful by indirection.
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You are unique, and if that is not fulfilled, then something has been lost.
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I don't even know why, but my entire career is contemporary films. Entire career! There's no period movies - there's one - but there's no period movies, no special effects movies. I just do character studies and so, some of them are gonna bump into each other, but I love the challenge, with a good script. I love the challenge of playing not a very pleasant or attractive character that seduces an audience or wins an audience over by the end.
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Well, I think just the fact that you are making your first film is a huge step.
