Akiva Schaffer Quotes
'The Watch' is first and foremost a comedy, but since I got to shoot the film using elements from the sci-fi genre, I wanted to make sure the alien didn't look goofy. I got to make a real alien that looks dangerous. That was a big plus for me because I got to do something really fun and cool.
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I guess you'd call me an independent, since I've never identified myself with one party or another in politics. I always decide my vote by taking as careful a look as I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves, no matter what the party label.
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Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.
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I think that my parents' divorce gave me a very strong sense of self-reliance and independence. I realised that I needed to make sure I could support myself because you don't know what's going to happen in the future.
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Surprise is key in all art.
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It always surprises me when donors who operate successful businesses assume that just building a school structure means that a community now has access to education. When creating a business, does renting an office space now mean that you're producing goods, training staff and generating revenues?
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Obviously, we're focused on the Winter Classic.
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I love to beatbox and have been doing it before I even knew what it was.
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Carbon's eastern neighbor on the table, nitrogen, dresses up diamonds in pinks, yellows, oranges, and brownish tints known romantically as 'champagne.'
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The old movie stars like Bogart, James Cagney, Jimmy Stewart, they weren't this gorgeous, striking six-foot man who's rippled with muscles.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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Our educational system is appallingly poor right now. Yet, somehow we're turning out some of the most intellectual and powerful sophisticated minds in the world. I think that's because we still have the opportunity here.
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The best people to provide valuable information about any society are the children of that society who belong to its culture and are part of its collective conscience.
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When I emerge from filming I feel slightly out of synch with real life, but it's also a relief.
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A girl's best friend is her pride.
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If I can go out there and be everywhere on the field, that's what I can control.
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I definitely have the screenwriting itch.
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Being a celebrity is a business.
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If enough people think of a thing and work hard enough at it, I guess it's pretty nearly bound to happen, wind and weather permitting.
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We live on a planet of limited resources - an abstract notion for some of the world's population, but for many of the poorest and most vulnerable, those limits are all too real.
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I would say I'm a fan of late '90s to early 2000s rap. That's where I get all my inspiration from.
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There is more to Indian cinema than just Bollywood. I think regional cinema, especially Tamil and Marathi cinema, are exploring some really bold themes.
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One indicator of an awakened company is whether it operates for the good of all, or whether what it does has side effects that are harmful to its workers, its clients
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Feeling anxious or depressed sometimes is part of what it means to be a person, and it might even be essential to success.
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'The Watch' is first and foremost a comedy, but since I got to shoot the film using elements from the sci-fi genre, I wanted to make sure the alien didn't look goofy. I got to make a real alien that looks dangerous. That was a big plus for me because I got to do something really fun and cool.
