Chris Weitz Quotes
It's easy in a novel to be completely unambiguous about the relationship between animal and daemon simply by stating it outright; whereas you get very few opportunities to do this in an elegant way in a film.
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In terms of my involvement in 'don't ask, don't tell' and marriage equality and anti-bullying and social emotional learning in schools - these are all things that arise out of my relationship with the world and with my fans.
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I'm so happy to be in a committed relationship.
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Man has evolved a mutual relationship with nature on earth, but his power to change its surface has grown so tremendously that this may become a curse instead of a blessing.
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My favorite animal is a polar bear. They're going extinct, and I really don't want that to happen.
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What is extraordinary about the character of Edna - and I speak as though I am completely outside this character and I am talking to you - I'm, as it were, in the wings, and she's on stage, and every now and then she says something extremely funny, and I stand there and think: 'I wish I'd thought of that.'
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I'm really excited about the prospect of deepening what is already a really strong relationship that I have with the people of Broward.
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You don't repair that relationship by sitting down and talking about trust or making promises. Actually, what rebuilds it is living it and doing things differently - and I think that is what is going to make the difference.
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The inertia of the governed cannot be disentangled from the indifference of the government. American leaders have both a circular and a deliberate relationship to public opinion.
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There was always a love-hate relationship with New York in the rest of the country, but I made them feel more love than hate.
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When you have an author and an auteur, it's a difficult and challenging relationship.
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To have a relationship that is pure and passionate and beautiful - I think people are scared of having that now. Especially guys.
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My relationship to food is that of an acrophobe to a bridge. Unease masks a desire to jump.
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You don't have to buy from anyone. You don't have to work at any particular job. You don't have to participate in any given relationship. You can choose.
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It's important in a relationship to have moments when you do your own thing.
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If it is indeed impossible - or at least very difficult - to inhabit the consciousness of an animal, then in writing about animals there is a temptation to project upon them feelings and thoughts that may belong only to our own human mind and heart.
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I'm definitely an animal lover, and I stand up for all animals' rights.
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That's always a fun thing to play, a relationship where there's equals. I often play roles that are repressive, or women who are slightly repressed or having some kind of internal conflict.
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The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to have affection for him. He conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him.
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I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.
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You can create an intimate community of about 20 or 25 people, and beyond that you're into a different kind of relationship.
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I'm kind of a reluctant guru.
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I'd been singing since I was 14 and on the road since high school, and I was very independent. Then I was Miss U.S.A. and had to have a chaperone and spent a year opening supermarkets. It was all so silly, wearing a crown and banner when it was the 1970s and women's liberation was everywhere. That was quite a stigma to overcome.
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We buy into the computer, and everything that comes from the computer, we believe to be the truth.
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It's easy in a novel to be completely unambiguous about the relationship between animal and daemon simply by stating it outright; whereas you get very few opportunities to do this in an elegant way in a film.
