Curtis Hanson Quotes
Here [in Wonder Boys] I had this group of characters where you didn't know which were the important ones or what direction they were heading.
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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I've got a couple of bands that I'm working on. The one I'm really excited about, we're called London The Child. It's folky music and it's really cool.
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When it comes to setting the market values, I let that stuff take care of itself. I know my value in this league, and I know the team appreciates me. I'm going to continue to make myself an indispensable part of this roster. When you do that, when your time comes up to get a contract, you usually get a contract extension.
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Not really, drums found me, I just liked music, all kinds of music.
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One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.
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It's lovely to be considered pretty and lovely to do photo shoots, and I just love fashion. But I'm proud that I did the characters I wanted to do.
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Bodhisattva is enlightened in the Buddhist philosophy, religion, tradition. He's enlightened. It's fine - I don't really fight it - but many people use the term 'zen' and terms like 'nirvana,' 'enlightenment' in an almost superficial way. It's not that complicated.
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If DreamWorks and Disney need that name to sell the cartoon and get people in the seats, that's what they need. It's not fair, but there's plenty of other work for us to do.
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If I had my way, I wouldn't be sharing my personal life online. I'm a private person. At home, I don't wander around shirtless, flexing my muscles. I roam around unshaven, with my hair disheveled. Unfortunately, people perceive you differently. It's okay; they're free to speculate.
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I definitely want to work on a project with young designers, not just French but international.
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The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.
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I love entertaining and doing Martha Stewart stuff.
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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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I am a little older and understand the nature of the business - the older you get the more your skills supposedly diminish, but I think I am getting wiser in how to use my physical skills. That's the frustrating part when you put so much heart and desire into things and feel like you are not wanted.
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I was ordained one of the standing High Council in Zion, under the hands of President Joseph Smith.
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I went to Japan and I lived there. I lived in Mexico for a year. I went to Europe. I lived in Canada.
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And, of course, in the Philippines there were so many thousands of Americans that were captured by the Japanese and held and who were rescued by Filipino Americans, or Filipinos I should say, and by U.S. troops near the close of the war.
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The thing is, people can't complain about profit-oriented moves if they're only interested in profit themselves. You can't have it both ways. If they're willing to polish up a gift and sell it to make money, they can't really complain about the fact that somebody above them has sold them down the river. That's the way it goes.
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I like to relate to my kids as they are. I enjoy spending that time with them. I see that my girls are so completely different and different from me, too.
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I put the movie days totally behind me... It was a part of my past that I really kind of put in a little drawer and shut the door.
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I drive a Nissan Versa and would never spend real money on a car because I destroy things.
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Insanity is knowing that what you're doing is completely idiotic, but still, somehow, you just can't stop it.
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If the weather's nice, I like to be outside exercising, but when it's colder, I'm a real homebody and I catch up on my reading.
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Here [in Wonder Boys] I had this group of characters where you didn't know which were the important ones or what direction they were heading.
