Nat Faxon Quotes
Making a movie is still very difficult in Hollywood, regardless of what you have and what level you're at. It is a house of cards, and things have to perfectly align.
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It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.
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Prison makes an interesting context for so many different characters to come together. You get to see what lines get drawn between people.
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As a child, I always liked dressing up and getting into character, and actors are lucky in being able to retain that playfulness, though we do seem to find it hard to grow up.
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Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.
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Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.
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We seem, as a culture, to start to adhere to these antiheroes and have grown tired of the traditional, straight-up-and-down good guy.
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There's a lot of comedy in 'The Guest,' so it was a bit more fun in a sense - it wasn't so heavy like 'It Follows.'
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All of us are trying to achieve 100 percent in our work. That's all we struggle to do. We never do, but we never stop trying until the day we die. It's that struggle to achieve 100 percent, that's where our performance lies, that's what the audience gets. They get the struggle.
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My neighborhood didn't really encourage women, though it didn't prevent women from progressing, either.
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I'm a composer, man.
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Time is valuable; people are busy.
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I have a necklace with a golden key, given to me by my sisters, which I always wear.
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It is key that Kansas Citians make the call as to what kind of airport they want.
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'FlashForward' was a really fun show to make. Not to mention, I only worked, like, one day a week, and it paid the same as 'Happy Endings.' I got to make out with beautiful women on that show as well.
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The world is not black and white; there are lots of shades of grey. There are good things and bad things in every era, and I think it's kind of very blindfolded to say one era was wonderful, as it was wonderful, but there were a lot of bad things as well.
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Take time to be kind and to say 'thank you.'
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I've built employee perks programs before and it's impossible to manually build a program that makes everyone happy. I'd make a deal with one gym then hear about another gym an employee would prefer. As a small business owner, I didn't have the time or leverage to negotiate and manage dozens of vendor relationships.
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Did any artist ever bring more pure joy to more people than Fred Astaire?
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If I did everything, I probably wouldn't be here talking to you. There aren't too many people who can actually double me, so I do most of my stunts though.
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Angela Bassett is a friend of mine and someone who I truly admire tremendously in terms of her work and her choices.
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I kind of was frustrated with myself in the sense that I was missing easy shots.
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If you're going to sell stock and somebody wants to buy it at a price and that price is not a price you dictate, but demand dictates, sell it to them now.
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Hyesan people have money, the most after those in Pyongyang, because it's near the border with China. Illegal smuggling businesses and Chinese trading companies operate there, so people can access outside products.
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Making a movie is still very difficult in Hollywood, regardless of what you have and what level you're at. It is a house of cards, and things have to perfectly align.
