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It's very rare you get a great script just handed to you, or sent to you, by someone you don't know.
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It's not what other people believe you can do, it's what you believe.
Gail Devers
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I don't like to read reviews. Even the good ones you start to analyze: 'Oh, did I do that? I have to make sure I do that again.'
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Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.
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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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The way I look at it you can always get better.
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You've got to have a sense of humor to keep your sanity.
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Will Smith would not be Worldwide Will Smith if he had not insisted on going worldwide and touring with his films. You have to build that audience for people and allow for it to happen.
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With TV, the pace is so fast, the scripts are coming at you, the directors are firing things at you, it's breathtaking.
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A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times.
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The beautiful thing about theater is every night is an opportunity to incorporate what you discovered the night before.
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If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director.
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I don't like workouts that make you bulky.
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If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.
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In fighting, you're not going 200 mph, but there's obviously danger in the sport. If you're a fighter or a NASCAR driver, you're obviously an adrenaline junkie. Both also take a lot of skill.
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You have to keep hobbies in L.A. Otherwise, it's sad.
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L.A. makes you feel ugly.
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You see, I have many friends in the Hindi film industry.
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You have to decide who you are going to serve - stockholders or your customers.
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Temptations, unlike opportunities, will always give you many second chances.
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You know, my family stood for something that they believed in, and I wasn't about to turn my back on them.
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When you think of all the conflicts we have - whether those conflicts are local, whether they are regional or global - these conflicts are often over the management, the distribution of resources. If these resources are very valuable, if these resources are scarce, if these resources are degraded, there is going to be competition.
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You have got to clean your own house first before you tell other people that they aren't doing it right.
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What you do on a dinosaur expedition is you hike and look at the ground. You find bones sticking out of the dirt and, once you see something, you dig.
