- Feel
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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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- Nov 07, 2020
When you make your first film at 47 and anybody but your mother goes to see it, to me, that's a miracle.
- Go Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a really great family, and when I'm not filming, I go home and walk the dogs, take out the garbage, clean my room, all that stuff. My family and my friends keep me in line, and make sure I don't get crazy.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always felt a bit of a nerd, but my family gets me and my oddities. My kids and partner are way cooler than I am, but they let me in the room with them.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
My greatest love is my children, and they have inspired me to fight and stand up for the right things.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm quite interested in doing a film about fashion. As someone with no fashion taste whatsoever, I think it would be good for me.
- Big Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I write an actual script rather quickly - a draft will take me two weeks - but I write a lot of drafts. My big thing is I don't re-read. When I write, I never re-read back. I'll send it, because if I re-read back, it will cripple me.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
I still always think the greatest moment for me, as a writer, is when I press that button and send the first draft of the script.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the world is in complete flux for me and life is falling apart, if I just manage to get myself in front of a computer or at my desk, it calms.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When people say to me, 'You're so prolific!' it's, like, no, I'm just hopeless with money.
- Failure
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- Nov 07, 2020
All work is a process of failure. Every single thing I write, I look at it and go, 'Do better. That's not good enough. Do better.' And so, that keeps me up at night.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Splendour' broke through to new territory for me. It exposed my commitment to writing for women: my desire to recognise that they can be as aggressive, violent, mercurial, and complex as men.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020