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There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
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Customer expectations? Nonsense. No customer ever asked for the electric light, the pneumatic tire, the VCR, or the CD. All customer expectations are only what you and your competitor have led him to expect. He knows nothing else.
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All morons hate it when you call them a moron.
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You can pretend to be serious; but you can't pretend to be witty.
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You can't be taught to be brainy. You've either got it or you don't.
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The thing that I really love about film is that it is with you forever - it goes to your children, and they get to see it again and again and have it forever.
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That's what I like about Neil Jordan's films: everyone is better at what they do than you are.
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There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.
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How can you regret helping a suffering patient?
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You go through phases. You have to reinvent reasons for playing, and one year's answer might not do for another.
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My idea of artistry has always been 'try everything until you find out what works.'
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If you can shrug off a loss, you can't be a winner.
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When you have an iPad and 75 books on it, it's so easy to go, 'I'm bored, I'm just going to read something else.'
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A lot of directors are overbearing and tend to make you doubt your instincts.
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Everybody knows the story of The Smiths. You can still go and see Morrissey.
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I love palm strikes because you have a longer reach. Normally, when you give a left hook and then a right straight, you are too close for the right straight. Why? Because the hook is shorter.
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L.A. makes you feel ugly.
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Any trend that is developed too fast and is disposed right away is not going to have a lasting impression on the culture, you know?
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If you look at any normal organization, the CEO is the person with the highest E.Q. The person with the highest IQ is often in the back room running the financials or the operations. That's topsy turvy.
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Slowly but surely, I went through different phases of fame, and each rises you further into isolation and alienation.
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Relativism is not indifference; on the contrary, passionate indifference is necessary in order for you not to hear the voices that oppose your absolute decrees.
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Through geospatial technologies, you can plan a whole city sitting in your room.
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When you go back and really listen to the legendary rappers, this is timeless music. Guys like Biggie, guys like Pac, timeless music.
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Being an actor does make you aware of your age.
