Curtis Hanson Quotes
That's what I love about Michael Douglas' performance in Wonder Boys, because I feel like he surprises audiences that know him from very different roles in his other work.
Quotes to Explore
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We are poor, feeble, and blind mortals when the eye of the Almighty looks through all worlds and by his power executes all things aright, and by his grace, he makes us all rich in Heavenly Gifts. In distress and in bereavements, we can look only to him. From mortals like ourselves we can derive no help.
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Sydney's beautiful, the weather's great, and the air's fresh and clean, but it doesn't have the scene and the amount of likeminded people. At home, things are very comfortable, but I feel like putting myself out there a bit.
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I went to this little performing arts school in downtown Phoenix. You had to dance or act, and everyone sang in choir. I started out playing the saxophone, but I always wanted to be in an orchestra. That was a dream as a kid, and there aren't a lot of saxophones in an orchestra.
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I was with the Jessie Bonstelle Stock Company in Detroit and Buffalo for three seasons - 10 performances and a new play every week. She was an amazing woman who did a great deal for me.
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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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Unless you work for '60 Minutes', your life is: You do stories about things, and nothing happens as a result.
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Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid.
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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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The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
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I find the whole disdain for ageing crazy.
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Constrained circumstances can bring the best out of you.
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Sometimes it's more difficult to achieve a 10% cost reduction than it is to tell people they have to achieve 50%. Small incremental steps block your view of doing something fundamentally different.
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My first tour I was on the road for 18 months. You're just out there promoting.
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I grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors.
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When you're the president of the United States, you have no money unless the Congress says, 'Here's what you can spend it on.'
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I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
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Of course, violence will not end with our combat mission. Extremists will continue to set off bombs, attack Iraqi civilians and try to spark sectarian strife. But ultimately, these terrorists will fail to achieve their goals.
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Wind and other clean, renewable energy will help end our reliance on fossil fuels and combat the severe threat that climate change poses to humans and wildlife alike.
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Each person has their own calling on this Earth.
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I used to work in a record store. I'm kind of a record nerd.
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I just think that when you've been singing for 30 years, which I have been, you just want to find different things you can do with your voice. It's a constant journey. It's not like any one album that you make is who you are. It just reflects that particular day.
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I try not to get caught up in how our society is so inundated with images, and stay very focused on the work that I'm doing.
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I'm truly, 100% guided by the characters and my Muse. If one of the characters suddenly decided to do something very different, I'd just go with it. It's much easier to let the Muse drive than for me to try to steer.
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That's what I love about Michael Douglas' performance in Wonder Boys, because I feel like he surprises audiences that know him from very different roles in his other work.
