- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
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- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
In fact it's quite gratifying for me to see some of the people who really objected to this method of working now being quite so profligate in their use of it.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think playing solo is a second rate activity, really. For me, playing is about playing with other people.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the blues is fine for blues players, but free blues has never made much sense to me.
- Go Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try to go home to Missouri every couple of months. I do that because I like my family, of course, but my mom doesn't know who Carine Roitfeld is. And as much as that horrifies me, it's a good way to keep your feet on the ground.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like I have been portrayed as if I was standing outside Cipriani hoping someone picks me as their plus-one.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know it's not particularly tech-savvy of me to suggest a camera that doesn't have a touchscreen, but I think when it comes to candid shots of nights out with friends, there's nothing better than a disposable camera.
- Gym
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to sleep in the T-shirt I wore during the day and whatever ratty old gym shorts I could find on the floor. But one year for Christmas, someone gave me a very chic, comfortable pair of pajamas from Brooks Brothers, and I realized the error of my ways.
- Surprise
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- Nov 07, 2020
I ask all my actors to do two things: I ask them to fail for me, and I ask them to surprise me.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think 'GoodFellas' is just a perfect film. From an efficiency of storytelling standpoint, from an entertainment standpoint, from a performance standpoint, from a use of music standpoint, from a cinematography and editing standpoint - to me, it's just a perfect movie.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love actors that are brave, that are courageous. And courage to me is not the absence of fear, it's the presence of fear, and they go to places that really scare them, because as an audience, that's where you feel danger.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the bad things about being a filmmaker, about being me, is I can hardly read a book anymore because every time I read something, I have a poaching mentality, like, 'Oh, can this be a movie?'
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think book adaptations, the best one to me is like 'Brokeback Mountain.' Which is a short story, 21 pages, that expands so beautifully into a movie.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
Seeing 'The Gospel According to St. Matthew' was an extraordinary experience because it made me realise that all the biblical stories and images I'd ignored as a child had sunk in by osmosis. I saw that my childhood was deeply rooted inside me.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
When people think of biblical movies, they imagine sweeping epics like 'The Ten Commandments.' But 'The Gospel According to St. Matthew' is essentially a documentary about Jesus. It made me aware of how real life and personal experience can create more breathtaking, sensitive cinema than more sophisticated techniques.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020