- Never
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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
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having children changes you forever, as a writer and as a human being. I hope it's for the better on both counts, but I guess we'll see.
- Luxury
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- Nov 07, 2020
In film, you have the luxury of accomplishing what you need in 24 frames every second. Comics, you only have five or six panels a page to do that.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't even tell you how many different shows I would love to guest star on because there's just too many.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can get good at finding access in the entertainment business. But the ideas, the narratives themselves, they are the only things that are going to be of any value.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's what my dad always said. 'If you're very lucky, it'll work out.' I love what it is I do, and I realize how blessed I am. So now it's just about doing the work as good as possible and enjoying the ride.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
Artists, whether they're Tom Cruise or John Waters or Ron Howard or Oliver Stone, you can empower them to become a better version of themselves, but you cannot change them 180 degrees to be someone they are not.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a simple quality of human nature that people prefer to choose to do things rather than be ordered to do them. In fact, as soon as you tell me I have to do something - give a speech, attend a banquet, go to Cannes - I immediately start looking for ways to avoid doing it.
- Joke
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- Nov 07, 2020
A joke's a joke; you can either take it, or you can't.
- Nov 07, 2020
You should not do everything in your power to make reviewers cranky before - right before they see your movie.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Agressive music can only shock you once. Afterwards its impact declines. It's inevitable.
- Design
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody in Hollywood has to beat the 'no' - and if you write code in Silicon Valley, or if you design cars in Detroit, if you manage hedge funds in Lower Manhattan, you also have to learn to beat the 'no.'
- Collaboration
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every collaboration helps you grow. With Bowie, it's different every time. I know how to create settings, unusual aural environments. That inspires him. He's very quick.
- Curious
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- Nov 07, 2020
A movie has to get good reviews, high grosses - it has to beat expectations. The same thing with television and the ratings. But being curious isn't like that. It's not a public thing. It's private, and the test is a private one. You have to be on your toes.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020