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- Nov 07, 2020
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Quotes on wanting and having more.
These quotes explore the idea of 'more' - a director admitting to more confidence behind the camera than as a writer, and a novelist noting how fictional characters can carry more vitality than the people around them. Related pages include Life Quotes.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Together, we must all remember that one of the most effective responses to hate speech is more speech.
- Abuse Of Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
Studies do show that in hierarchical structures, you do get more harassment. There's more power concentrated at the top, which means there's more abuse of power concentrated at the top. And every TV show is very much a hierarchy.
- Nov 07, 2020
Writing for TV made way more sense than writing for magazines. And by sense, I mean money.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
There have always been women who were successful against the odds. Now we need to change the odds so more women can be successful.
- Nov 07, 2020
I would be more frightened as a writer if people thought my movies were like science fiction.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I'd like to do a big movie with a strong female lead, whether or not she would be a superhero. I'm more interested in characters like Scarlett Johansson in 'Lucy.' I'm less interested in people with superpowers because I can't identify with them.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I see myself more as an action director. All right, I do enjoy intense, bloodthirsty action but I like to blend and cross genres. I don't want to be too predictable.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whether it's a double take or a spit take or an extra-long pause before a reaction or a line, I try to be as cognizant as possible about the technical end of it. So I think the physical stuff works easier for me than maybe for others who are more just going on instinct.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's interesting. I've known quite a few good athletes that can't begin to play a beat on the drum set. Most team sport is about the smooth fluidity of hand-eye coordination and physical grace, where drumming is much more about splitting all those things up.
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have to learn how to sing from your diaphragm, and you don't become a great performer overnight. It takes a while. The more you do it, the better you are.
- Nov 07, 2020
I started out writing much more science fictiony stuff and writing about science fiction.
- Empathy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Empathy is a tool for building people into groups, for allowing us to function as more than self-obsessed individuals.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020