- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Best Quotes
Quotes on doing your best work.
These quotes focus on craft and timing - a drama student naming the first year as the best, and filmmakers explaining that the best visual effects and shots come from grounding fantasy in something real. Related reading includes Achievement Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Reading
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- Nov 07, 2020
My writing works best when I remember that bookish child who adored reading and gear the work toward him.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tend to be more of a novel writer. In fact, some of my novels started out as short stories, and I just got carried away! I think some of my best writing is in the short story form, but novels come more naturally to me.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of all, I love being a storyteller. And yes, I want to make a good living, but I'm not always driven by the best commercial sense.
- Camera
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Hitchcock's eyes the movement was dramatic, not the acting. When he wanted the audience to be moved, he moved the camera. He was a subtle human being, and he was also the best director I have ever worked with.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the best way to find out about something is to try to do it to the max. A lot of people take up a hobby or sport and then find an excuse not to carry on with it. Once I start something, I won't stop until I'm as good at it as I'll ever be.
- Compromise
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a series of splintered relationships. Why should I get married again? It's a miserable compromise at best. But I believe in marriage and still have fantasies about it.
- Friends
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad's best friends with Mr. T; he's best friends with Dennis Rodman. He's not racist.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
Louis Malle was the best filmmaker I've ever worked with. He was such an artist. He was dealing with the theme of innocence and experience.
- Beautiful
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always liked lionesses. Female lions have always seemed like the best. They were really strong and took care of their babies and are beautiful.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm named after a horse. My mom's best friend had a horse named Brooke, so my dad suggested 'Brooklyn' as a more formal version, and it just stuck - and now I live in Brooklyn part-time, so go figure.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm just really good at blending in. If you look at how I've grown up, I wasn't the best, so hanging back comes more naturally.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like if you outwork everybody, you're giving yourself the best opportunity every time you go into an event. You want to outwork everybody, and you want to beat everybody. Put in the work, and the results will come.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020