Curtis Hanson Quotes
I look for characters that interest me, and a story that keeps me involved and makes me want to know what happens next.
Quotes to Explore
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I've had a pretty charmed life, so there's nothing that I need to take too seriously right now.
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I get paid to do what I enjoy, not that common a condition.
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I believe the answers to most problems that confront us around the world can and should be approached by engaging both friend and foe in dialogue. No, I don't naively think that dialogue always works, but I believe we should avoid the rigidity of saying that dialogue never works.
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You have family-owned businesses that have been around for 500 years. You cannot name a corporation that survives intact for even a few decades.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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People are wired for lots of things. We're wired for novelty. We're wired for humor. We're wired for new pieces of information that surprise us in some way or add value to our lives. We're wired for fear.
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I have all of the Apple products. Everything I've ever written, I've written on a Mac. My first computer, my roommates and I chipped in, and we got that first Macintosh - 128K. It had as much memory as a greeting card that plays music.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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In falling over in heels while trying to look attractive, you don't just hurt your body, you bear the humiliation of injuring your very soul. Physical pain? Whatever, bring it on. But the humiliation? Oh, you have seen to the very weakest part of me.
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'Lost' is about a bunch of people stranded on an island. It's compelling, but kind of tiny. But what sustains you are the characters.
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When the art world is done wrong, a reader's faith is lost and possibly not recuperable.
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When Liza Minelli was a child, she used to sit on my lap and call me Uncle Sammy.
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I don't hit it as far as a lot of guys do, so I have to be in the right spot in the fairway to score, and that means driving it well. The two biggest keys for me are to make a good transition and to keep my hands ahead of the clubhead through impact. I want to feel as if my swing is two swings: one going back and another coming down.
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My family were very poor. I am one of nine siblings: two girls and seven boys. Only my brother and I play in Europe, and then three more work in Europe, and another plays in Tunisia. This family is a footballing family, but our lives have not always been good.
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I liked to be around my friends, but my dad was out there, day in and day out.
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I have been working for over 30 years and am always wondering about where I am and where I am going. It does not stop and become a fixed event of achievement.
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Well, it's taken a long time to get the Department of Homeland Security established. It's taken a long time for the Congress to decide how much it wanted to fund.
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When someone holds a knife to your throat it's easy to be scared. It's not hard to imagine what it would be like.
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I'm the character actor in Hollywood movies, the girl who has to be annoying so the guy can go to the other girl.
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I initially thought 'Lewis' was a terrible idea. The character had very much been Morse's work donkey and sounding board. But I was persuaded to do it, thinking if it was a flop, at least ITV would stop asking me. But the pilot took off, so we got back on this moving train, and we've never looked back.
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To know how a character will behave in any given situation is a necessity and a gift.
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With Big Bird we knew we wanted to do a large, a great big character. He should represent a child so he can make the kinds of mistakes that kids make, and talk about it and be out front about that.
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I look for characters that interest me, and a story that keeps me involved and makes me want to know what happens next.
