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.

  

  Ed Westwick
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• Dangerous people with guns are a threat to women.

  

  Gabrielle Giffords
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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.

  

  Harrison Ford
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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.

  

  Maisie Williams
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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.

  

  Olaf Carlson-Wee
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• Johnny once described our relationship by saying we were as close as two people could be without being married.

  

  Ed McMahon
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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.'

  

  Rachel Tucker
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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.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
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• I'm so sick of people misunderstanding Asians in America and what we're about.

  

  Eddie Huang
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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.

  

  Maggie Rowe
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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.

  

  Octavia Spencer
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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.

  

  Laura Donnelly
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• Freedom has a price. Most people aren't willing to pay it.

  

  Jack Kevorkian
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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.

  

  Ha-Joon Chang
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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.

  

  Usher
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• Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
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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.

  

  Danger Mouse
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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.

  

  T. J. Miller
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• When I was first starting out as a kid, I tried to pad my resume with everything I had ever done - ice-skate, carry a tune. I can't dance for my life, but I can learn, so I'll tell people I can dance. I play the piano - I'm a really good pianist, actually.

  

  Alexandra Daddario
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• I never used to get photographed and people asking for autographs. I don't mind the autographs, but the paparazzi I find weird. As an actor, you want to be able to regard the world instead of having it regard you.

  

  Mark Ruffalo
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• The reason we are so pleased to find other people's secrets is that it distracts public attention from our own.

  

  Oscar Wilde
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• I'm not trying to be Mr. Universe, but I want to stay in shape.

  

  Calvin Klein
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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.

  

  Edgar Wright
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