Craig McCracken Quotes
So what I do is supervise the boarding process trying to get the shows the way I'd like them to be. And in some cases I've completely redone a board myself even though I'm not credited for it.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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What's interesting about Stephen Baldwin is that me and Dana Gould were originally cast for 'Bio-Dome' – but Pauly Shore and Baldwin ended up doing it. So there's a little movie trivia for ya.
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One hazard of our job on TV is people are always checking us out and noting every pound we've gained or haven't quite lost.
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Personally, I am not so affected by my environment. What I build in the creative process is not necessarily connected to what I am physically in contact with. I am always observing everything, but it will not necessarily have a direct impact on what I do.
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I think being called a cat lady is a compliment. It means you have adopted a tiny little maniac into your life.
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Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie.
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I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did.
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Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it.
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Growing up, there were TV shows that were very funny but very traditional. Classic things like 'Fawlty Towers,' obviously, and 'Blackadder' were pretty traditionally shot. And then there were the ones that start to break the mold or be really ambitious. The ones that spring particularly to mind would be 'The Young Ones.'
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PG-13 horror, I just don't watch that.
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I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.
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There are still 500,000 persons afflicted with leprosy in Latin America, so it is still very much present.
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When Matt LeBlanc had his show 'Joey', I strongly suggested to the producers that they should bring me on.
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In the '70s, my playing was completely untutored, but it sounded good to me, and I tried to find ways to make those very simple things work in more ambitious contexts.
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Listen, you make a big movie, you're going into the Coliseum, and people are going to give you the thumbs up or the thumbs down. And that's part of the game. It's part of the fun as well.
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I like to be who I am.
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I work hard and I play hard, too. There is nothing wrong with that.
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I live a very different life now, with incredible privileges, but looking back I realise that growing up in Russia gave me tools that other people don't necessarily have - such as the will to push that bit further, to make things happen, to succeed.
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The scenery was very beautiful. But I did not see The Great Wall of China.
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I'm not trying to be coy or manipulative or Machiavellian, I want to spark people's imaginations.
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Here we are out here, me and you.Reaching out to each otherIs all that we can do.Here we stand trying not to fall.There's no need to worry,Love will conquer all.
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There'll be what you might call a moment of inspiration – a way of seeing or feeling or remembering, an instance or a person that's made a large impression. Like the sand and the oyster, it's a creative irritant. In each poem, I'm trying to reveal a truth, so it can't have a fictional beginning.
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My romantically favorite era is 78, 79 listening to Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 4, the live tapes, echo chamber and break beats.
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So what I do is supervise the boarding process trying to get the shows the way I'd like them to be. And in some cases I've completely redone a board myself even though I'm not credited for it.
