- Real
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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
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fear is one of those really primal emotions which you don't want to have incredibly exciting modulations and complex harmonies and all that kind of stuff.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
With a lot of action scores, you're competing with a lot of noise. Say there's a big explosion: the music would conventionally have a lot of Hollywood-style percussion or brass, because that's the only thing that will cut through.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I go into the whole composer thing quite open to keep on going and keep on trying different things because you never know... the next idea you have might be the one.
- Beautiful
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the beautiful thing about acting is you don't really know who you are. You're able to be whatever you want any day during the week. So I really couldn't see myself being anything else.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been attracted to the 'don't follow the rules' type of girl, the rocker girl. I've always been attracted to somebody who you can lose yourself in the moment with. You can hang out with her, and it's like you're the only two people in the room.
- Familiar Territory
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you read a story with an 'I' or a 'he' or a 'she,' you're in familiar territory - but 'we' is mostly unexplored. I think of 'we' as an adventure.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you fear phantoms, you're like a child frightened of seeing things in the dark.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're surrounded by friends and exes, there's a whole lot of stuff that starts crawling out. But however serious and traumatic those experiences may be to the participant, to the onlooker they're hilarious.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
My problem is that the audience is more fiction-literate than ever. In Shakespeare's day, you probably expected to see a play once or twice in your life; today you experience four or five different kinds of fiction every day. So staying ahead of the audience is impossible.
- Find
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing for adults often means just increasing the swearing - but find an alternative to swearing and you've probably got a better line.
- Failure
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- Nov 07, 2020
The difference between a beautifully made failure and a beautifully made hit is who you've got playing the leads.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
You'll go out of business if you think people are stupid.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to show subjects inside a sealed veneer. There's a sense that you can't get in.
- Say
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- Nov 07, 2020