- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
You Quotes
Quotes that speak straight to you.
This collection gathers quotes framed around 'you' - from candid reflections on body image pressures passed down in families to observations about how humor can mask real vulnerability. Many touch on how what you know about yourself differs from how others perceive you.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Hands
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- Nov 07, 2020
Doing comedy for film is always a challenge because you are in the hands of the editor after the fact. I am hoping I can do some more soon, I enjoy doing comedy.
- Nov 07, 2020
You read a script and its based on 'Reservoir Dogs' and 'Pulp Fiction', and it goes right in the bin.
- Hard Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fictional realms are usually terrible places to vacation, as they tend to be full of monsters and conflicts - Narnia and Middle-earth would both be good places to get killed - but I wouldn't mind visiting the worlds of Iain M. Banks's 'Culture.' You'd just have a hard time getting me to leave.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you know youre whoring it hurts. I have kids. I'm not going to run down an actor for doing this.
- Distributors
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't care to analyze acting. On the other hand there is a fascination because distributors are putting out British films. You get films here with great performances you'll never see again. Why compare. We should go after the businessmen.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Why would you create a movie for black people if you don't understand the history and perspective of the people you are doing it for? You need historical perspective to make sound decisions.
- Brother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm sick of very white teeth and lots of gymnasium practice. I'm bored, you know, send in the next one. I wanted a real man that I could believe was my brother, my father, you know, my next-door neighbor - a real person.
- Legacy
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the media defines something, you have to question: Is it the definition that you want applied to your culture? I'm trying to determine who's leaving the legacy, and if the legacy that is being left is a positive one.
- Nobody
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ninety percent of the time, you're going to hear no. It took me seven years to make 'Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored.' Nobody wanted to see the movie made. I got the movie made.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
A film should be an experience. You should feel something. It should motivate you to feel something.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just having hope ain't going to cut it. You've got to have hope, passion and skills.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
And all the good you've done will soon be swept away, You've begun to matter more than the things you say.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think our failure as a caucus has been not to focus on economic issues. I think we - and I'm supportive of all the issues that - that we talk about, but you need an economic - a robust, economic message that - that covers everybody.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020