Colin Trevorrow Quotes
You really get to direct the movie three times when it comes to the action sequences and the set pieces.
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Nuclear power plants must be prepared to withstand everything from earthquakes to tsunamis, from fires to floods to acts of terrorism.
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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The only thing that permits human beings to collaborate with one another in a truly open-ended way is their willingness to have their beliefs modified by new facts. Only openness to evidence and argument will secure a common world for us.
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If you do well as an actor, a good director will pick up on it, and keep it in the film.
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I've always been fond of acoustic music.
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When I'm on stage, it's like a different world ... me connecting with the audience. It's a surreal experience.
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I'd started acting as a child. But I wanted to see if it was something my true personality was interested in. I stepped away from offers when I took five years off to go to college. I've only really just decided to whole-heartedly embrace acting.
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Betty Shabazz was the wife of a man who challenged a government that was historically unjust. She was harassed and placed under surveillance by the Nation of Islam (NOI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
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My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.
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My paternal grandfather was a failed novelist. He stacked boxes of rejected manuscripts in a closet.
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When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two.
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A dinosaur out of context is like a character without a story. Worse than that, the character suffers from amnesia.
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If I still lived in Russia, I'd be dead... or a really effective oligarch.
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I would say that to put architecture in the chain of history, to be able to interpret and understand why we are where we are, is quite crucial.
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Fame, do I like it? No. It has bought a lot for me in my career, but there are a lot of downsides to it. You give up your privacy. I did it to myself but not to my family and friends. You don't ask for it. You just have to live with it.
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I try to explain to people that you get the roles that are right when they're right. If you have a nerd character but you're kind of a cool guy, you're probably not going to get the nerd part. The nerd is going to get the nerd part. You know, someone like me.
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Wine is something to enjoy. We get sick and tired of people who pick it apart and talk about its 'saucy nuances.'
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'Transformers' was important and defining for me because it taught me about what kinds of movies I want to make and the kind of actor I want to be, and I have a long way to go before I become that actor.
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I'm quite cautious in most areas of my life, but I'm always happy to gamble when it comes to acting. I'm not frightened of falling on my face.
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You never want to make a "message movie," but you always want to be talking about something that you care about.
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I always hope that people feel less alone when they see a movie that I make. That some part of the story played out on the big screen will resonate for individuals in the audience in a way that gives them comfort.
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There are always going to be ridiculous rumours.
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God knows I tried to make it earlier in life, but with all due respect to myself, nothing I ever did was any good.
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You really get to direct the movie three times when it comes to the action sequences and the set pieces.
