Chantal Akerman Quotes
I realized that my mother was at the center of my work, because now that my mother is no longer there, there's nobody left.
Chantal Akerman
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It's hard to make a good movie in four weeks. It's hard. I've done it, but it's not easy.
Sam Rockwell
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I don't believe in societal restrictions. It wasn't a choice - conformity simply never occurred to me.
Lady Starlight
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People speak of the fear of the blank canvas as though it is a temporary hesitation, a trembling moment of self-doubt. For me it was more like being abducted from my bed by a clown, thrust into a circus arena with a wicker chair, and told to tame a pissed-off lion in front of an expectant crowd.
Hannah Kent
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I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.
J. J. Abrams
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Both my parents are Scottish, and although I grew up in Canada after moving over, all of my family are proud to be Scots.
Callum Keith Rennie
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If the script's good, everything you need is in there. I just try and feel it, and do it honestly. I also don't learn things for auditions, because I feel like it's just a test of memorizing rather than being real. Maybe every other actor would think that was terrible, I don't know. But it seems to have worked for me, so far.
Olivia Colman
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She is still less civilized than man, largely because she has not been educated.
W. L. George
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There's nothing that compares with the time spent all by myself on a creation that is all my own. I still think of my solo work as my 'home planet' in comics, though I've learned to listen much more to editors and trusted friends for feedback.
Nate Powell
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Jessica Jones is such a great part, and I do serious work on it. I feel really creatively fulfilled.
Krysten Ritter
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It has been my experience that if we make the effort to listen to people when we meet them, and work to get to know them a little, it is then easy to find something likeable in practically anyone.
Bryant H. McGill
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Thou camest out of thy mother's belly without government, thou hast liv'd hitherto without government, and thou mayst be carried to thy long home without government, when it shall please the Lord. How many people in this world live without government, yet do well enough, and are well look'd upon?
Miguel de Cervantes
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I realized that my mother was at the center of my work, because now that my mother is no longer there, there's nobody left.
Chantal Akerman
