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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If a woman feels anchored to a man's plans, she may start to resent him for the fun she's worried she's missing.
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The cool thing about music is no one can take music away from you, writing wise.
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The 'Being Human' people were really cool and let me improvise. They had such a good working atmosphere. It was a cool set-up and a really good environment to be in.
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How can people be anything but ignorant when knowledge isn’t saved, isn’t taught?
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Imperialism is not the creation of any one or any one group of states.
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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.
