Adrien Brody Quotes
Film is a time capsule. If I have a lack of dedication or focus, it's permanently there as a negative reminder.
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I am a Buddhist.
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In a play, the director is God, and I'm a great arguer. Rather boringly so, I think, about trying different things.
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I love boats. I can be on a boat for days.
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Whatever the right hand findeth to do, the left hand carries a watch on its wrist to show how long it takes to do it.
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There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.
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If I'm still walking, I am not dead. So I have to still walk and run towards the benefit of Lebanon.
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I see so many activists... who are artists because they feel that they have the power of communication.
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I have Chinese blood in me... I am not ashamed to admit that perhaps the great leaders of our country all have Chinese blood.
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If I had Instagram, it would be pictures of my son, who is a cat.
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When I'm filming, it's in the contract - 'No kiteboarding' - ha ha.
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Let us take our children seriously! Everything else follows from this... only the best is good enough for a child.
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Men do not have to cook their food; they do so for symbolic reasons to show they are men and not beasts.
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I was growing up in the New Wave period, but that wasn't allowed in school. I remember moments when they wouldn't let four people dressed in black stand together on the playground.
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You cannot contribute anything to the ideal condition of mind and heart known as Brotherhood, however much you preach, posture, or agree, unless you live it.
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While we are being fascinated by the tales of famous serial killers and how they were brought to justice, the real serial killer goes about his business with hardly a thought to being caught.
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I come from a massive family, and the youngest is twentysomething years younger than I am, so I grew up with children.
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I refuse to act the way someone expects me to.
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I don't have goals when writing books, apart from getting to the end. I have rather vague ideas about how I want things to feel, I'm big on ambience. I have a title, a beginning and a probable ending and go from there.
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The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers.
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I stopped doing that [photojournalism] and wrote some screenplays on speculation, because even though I wanted to direct, to direct you need a lot of money. Even for a cheap movie, you need film stock and equipment and actors.
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I hate to lose. It's a bad feeling, but, I mean, it kind of gets you resettled, gets you back right.
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Film is a time capsule. If I have a lack of dedication or focus, it's permanently there as a negative reminder.
