Edgar Wright Quotes
I think you write the film that you want to see, and you try and do it honestly, and you can't control people's responses, really.
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If people want to really know what's up with me then they can read one of my interviews.
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Dangerous people with guns are a threat to women.
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I retire every time I'm done with a movie. Then I go back. You know, I enjoy sleep. But I love to work; it's fun for me. As long as it continues to be fun, and I'm tolerated by the people around me, I will do it.
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People are like, 'What's Game of Thrones about?' I'm like, 'It's in the title.' For real, this is a game for the Iron Throne. No matter what character you are, you're sucked into that at some point.
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For the first time, entrepreneurs can monetize their own open-source and peer-to-peer network. They can crowdfund and raise money from people across the world on the Internet in crypto-currency.
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Johnny once described our relationship by saying we were as close as two people could be without being married.
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I pride myself on not being run of the mill. I don't want to be your umpteenth Fantine in 'Les Miz.'
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When you work on a movie, especially an independent movie, it's a lot of work to make it! It's not just our job as actors - so many people are working so hard, and even the littlest movie takes a lot of work.
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I'm so sick of people misunderstanding Asians in America and what we're about.
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'Pyrapshere' began as a sketch for a variety show I produced called 'A Pretty Good Show.' My partner, Andersen Gabrych, and I expanded it into a full-fledged faux-religion, including a list of 21 tenets, sacred symbols, testimonials, and even a clothing line. Many people believed it was a real thing and wanted to join.
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Do I feel that white directors have to tell only white stories? No. Do I feel that black filmmakers should only tell stories about black people? No. If we say that, then that means Asian people cannot write about anybody but Asians. I don't think a woman should only write about women.
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To be honest, accents are one of those things for me, personally, that usually come quite naturally by just listening to the people.
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Freedom has a price. Most people aren't willing to pay it.
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People always think they're in the middle of a revolution while they tend not to realize the enormity of a change that has happened in the past. The telegraph was a revolution, but who looks at it that way these days? The telegraph sped up the transportation of messages over long distances by a huge factor.
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Marketing is more important than it has ever been. But I'm trying to tear the layers back and make it not so contrived. I think people just want entertainment.
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Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work.
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Some people have been listening to the Beatles their whole lives; I didn't discover them until I was 18 years old.
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I think by now if people hire me, they know I'm going to improvise. I'm an improviser by trade.
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Anthemic rock music is inherently fascist - anything intended to move huge masses of people is politically offensive to me.
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There are two kinds of people in this world: people who want to be desired, and people who want to be desired so much that they pretend they don't.
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I think history is continuous. It doesn't begin or end on Pearl Harbor Day or the day Lyndon Johnson withdraws from the presidency or on 9/11. You have to learn from the past but not be imprisoned by it. You need to take counsel of history but never be imprisoned by it.
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May a merciful God preserve me from a Christian Church in which everyone is a saint! I want to be and remain in the church and little flock of the fainthearted, the feeble and the ailing, who feel and recognize the wretchedness of their sins, who sigh and cry to God incessantly for comfort and help, who believe in the forgiveness of sins.
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He is an example of a La Masia player. Technically he is unbelievable.
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I think you write the film that you want to see, and you try and do it honestly, and you can't control people's responses, really.
