- Enough
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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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Meant
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting meant so much to me.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in Bellport, Long Island where I attended Gateway Acting School and met Robin Allan. She was the school's director who took me under her wing and was the one who told me that I could do this for real.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm really shy with my acting when it's off, because the camera gives me an excuse to be in character, whereas otherwise I would just feel like an idiot.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
You'll never see a good performance out of me, in terms of a character, when the camera isn't rolling.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started out doing music videos and photography, and I always loved writing. Filmmaking seemed to be a good compilation of all these skills in a way that allowed me to tell a story 'greater than the sum of its parts.'
- Quality
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Amores Perros' and 'Once Were Warriors' had a tremendous visceral quality that really influenced me.
- Hard Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
They had a hard time miking me in my loin cloth, I mean, where were they gonna tape it?
- Nov 07, 2020
I wish I could go home. I've been on the road since May. I wonder if my dogs still remember me.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
My grandfather played a mandolin, so I got my hands on that. Then on down to a banjo, and I found I couldn't play any kind of soft or mournful music with that so I took up the fiddle in my late 20s or early 30s - and that was far too late. But it keeps me off the streets. It has been a love of mine since I was 17 maybe.
- Hell
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- Nov 07, 2020
Spike optioned my first book, 'Now the Hell Will Start,' and he trusted me to write the screenplay, too. That was an awesome learning experience - I grew up watching Spike's movies, and here he was giving me handwritten notes about structure and dialogue. His feedback taught me so much about how to craft a cinematic narrative.
- Loneliness
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's clear to me that anyone, anywhere, can experience loneliness, isolation, solitude, and estrangement; and most people probably do encounter these things at some point in their lives.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've invented several games for use as teaching tools in my classroom: one of them, a game called 'Iron Age: Council of the Clans,' got so popular among my students that they encouraged me to publish it, which I did.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020