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- Nov 07, 2020
People Quotes
Quotes about people, privacy, and human nature.
This page collects quotes touching on people in different senses - novelists describing how characters take on independent vitality, and technologists warning how easily people's movements and data can be tracked. It's a broader mix than a single theme, much like Like Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just having the camera, being able to pull back from situations and be an observer, it saved my life... I realised I could find these intimate moments and that people trusted me. That, basically, my camera was magic.
- Big Part
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- Nov 07, 2020
All my work, really, is based on my brothers and sisters. I had so many adventures with them and a big part of the work is to recreate those. It's easy for me to be around a lot of people, because I can retreat. I can watch everything.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've gotten death threats, yes. I have. I think anytime you shine a spotlight on homosexuality or minorities and you try and say they are as normal or as worthy as acceptance as others, the people who are on the fringe don't like that and they will come after you. And they have come after me.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd never had a mentor in Hollywood. Men have always been in control of the business, and they usually mentor people who are like them - but two inches shorter.
- Nov 07, 2020
It's interesting when women direct. The work is better. They ask more people to participate.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
People think I'm just sort of this P. T. Barnum, razzle-dazzle guy. They think I go out of my way to be outlandish and theatrical at the expense of having emotions. They don't get that there's another side to me, and I keep trying to show that other side.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love Larry Kramer's advocacy, and I love him as a person, and I think young people need to see that story.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I talk to young people, I always tell them the biggest lesson I learned was that you shouldn't care about the outcome. If it fails, it fails. Every failure will groom you for your next big reward.
- Playing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I actually think actors both are drawn to playing real-life historical people and are terrified.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
But in a broader sense, when I have more control, I want to expose people to new ideas.
- Mean
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- Nov 07, 2020
The point is to expand the scope of what a movie can possibly mean or be, to get people involved because they're artistic or understand the point of the material, not just because they fit a certain bill aesthetically.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
LA can be a very open and accepting creative environment. But it is important, because there is this odd separation here, it is important to make your kids mindful of other people and other people's plight.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up with no money. My kids will grow up with a lot of money and so it's really important to me, and it will always be a part of my parenting, to keep them conscientious and connected socially to other people.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020