Curtis Hanson Quotes
We're not used to seeing movies, especially with physical action, when it isn't the man who comes in to save the day.
Quotes to Explore
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The physical part of comedy is as hard as a lot of action movies. It scares me, but in a way that I like.
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Everyone in Hollywood is seeking fame and fortune; it's in the water here. Everyone from young women to old men - they all want it.
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As we get used to women in power, we are likely to discover that they behave much like powerful men - vain, entitled, always looking for more.
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It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not pay with their own.
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Men have not stacked the decks against women.
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Gay men in L.A. are all a bunch of tens looking for an eleven.
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Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think they can digest without eating!
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All my stories are about the action of grace on a character who is not very willing to support it, but most people think of these stories as hard, hopeless and brutal.
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All our best men are laughed at in this nightmare land.
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Always, in every human action, there are leaders.
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Men are what their mothers made them.
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I began with small roles in successful movies like 'No Country For Old Men' by the Coen brothers; but it was 'The Last Exorcism' that changed my life: with what I earned, I left Texas and moved to Los Angeles.
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When I was really small, my mother had difficulty keeping me dressed, as I liked to be naked! I definitely had very strong ideas on what I wanted to wear. My favourite look was always Action Man and Spiderman. Now though, I really like beautiful clothes.
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It's successful, middle-class Arab men and women, professionals with seemingly happy family lives, who are prepared to go to paradise for a greater cause. That's terrifying.
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I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.
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I think the biggest difference is in live action, you show up, and there's a set there and a ground to stand on, at least, and in animation, there's kinda nothing. You are making decisions on everything.
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Necessity has been a priceless spur which has helped men to perform miracles against incredible odds.
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Bloody Christmas, here again, let us raise a loving cup, peace on earth, goodwill to men, and make them do the washing up.
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I don't know if I'd do an action movie because I don't know if I could keep a straight face; honestly, I just think it's so silly. Like, I love watching them but I can't imagine me doing one.
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And then when all around grows dark, when we feel utterly alone, when all men right and left pass us by and know us not, a forgotten feeling rises in the breast.
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The performances of others are often selected as standards for self-improvement of abilities.
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Before Starbucks, there wasn't as much of a coffeehouse routine; we generally drank really cruddy diner coffee.
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We're not used to seeing movies, especially with physical action, when it isn't the man who comes in to save the day.
