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At the upper echelon of musicians in general, I guess performers in general, you have to have this kind of live-or-die, cutthroat mentality.
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In this business, you get an opportunity, and you pounce on it.
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When you're filming, it's very different from what you see on screen.
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You know, one of these things that happened in the '60s and '70s was this confluence of, sort of, a counter-culture with computer culture.
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When you exist in the centre of a debate, as a topic, a hypothesis - otherised and stigmatised - you become the prop in a proposition.
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If your watch is slow by just four minutes, that's not much - unless you've been warned that if you're even one minute late ever again you will be fired. Then four minutes make a big difference.
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The only way to ensure a film is going to sell is put Will Smith in it and you open it in 3,000 theaters and make sure we have all the top promotional spots in each venue.
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It makes the heart to tremble when you open an undiscovered tomb.
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I've got to tell you, I'm not really a tie man. I'll wear a tie if I have to: If I'm standing in the dock and it looks like I'm facing 20 years, then I'll definitely wear the tie!
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Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you.
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Once your dream is fulfilled you face another one.
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Occasionally, you'll get a 'District 9,' a film that is politically charged, but there is nothing going on beneath the surface with a lot of horror films. They are not about anything.
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Only in America could you get away with the kind of comedy I did.
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When you work somewhere and you feel comfortable, you don't want to leave. You want to stay there forever.
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You don't want to trash what you've done; that's your history.
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It's not a real adventure when you have to pay for it.
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At 9 P.M., everything goes off - and it's hard. But it's something you've got to do. I'm wasting my life.
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You have to hit the fastball to play in the big leagues.
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They say that your second trimester is when you get most of your energy and it's the 'easiest' part of the pregnancy.
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If you were just intent on killing people you could do better with a bomb made of agricultural fertiliser.
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I've always been able to just concoct a melody quite easily - it's just kind of instinct, really. You've got to channel your subconscious.
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My lyrics are my diary - you're hearing every detail of my life.
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If you can't taste an ingredient, you have to ask yourself why it is there.
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Be good to others, that will protect you against evil.
