- Building
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- Nov 07, 2020
Empire State Quotes
A landmark that keeps showing up in memory.
Several quotes here treat the Empire State Building as more backdrop than building - a beautiful midnight visit with friends, a rooftop scene from King Kong recalled with real affection for how Beautiful the model work was.
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- Friends
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been to the Empire State Building with four friends, and it was very beautiful at that time around midnight.
- Building
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- Nov 07, 2020
We should be growing carrots up the side of the Empire State Building or Big Ben.
- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, the Empire State was about 40' high in the studio. King Kong was a little model about 2' high, and the scenery that he worked in was in proportion to his size.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
When it was over my daughter said, 'Oh, I felt so sorry for him - he didn't want to hurt you, he liked you.' That was Victoria. When you visualize him up there on top of the Empire State Building, you do feel sorry for him.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Eddie Fisher married to Elizabeth Taylor is like me trying to wash the Empire State Building with a bar of soap.
- Liberty
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first came to New York City, what I was thrilled about was not the Empire State Building, or the Statue of Liberty; it was the fireplugs in the street. These things that Jack Kirby had drawn. Or these cylindrical water towers on top of buildings that Steve Ditko's 'Spider-Man' fights used to happen in and around.
- Cinema
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- Nov 07, 2020
Realism is always subjective in film. There's no such thing as cinema verite. The only true cinema verite would be what Andy Warhol did with his film about the Empire State Building - eight hours or so from one angle, and even then it's not really cinema verite, because you aren't actually there.
- Gay
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've worked with a lot of gay and lesbian organizations. I sit on the board of the Empire State Pride Agenda. I've also done a lot of work for Broadway Care/Equity Fights AIDS. I think it's important because, when we can be of service to others, it only enhances our lives. I've been helped a lot in my life.
- Chrysler
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- Nov 07, 2020