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.
If you have music that sounds like what you cover, people won't be able to differentiate who you are.
You sometimes use the excuse, 'I'm a writer, dammit, I can do anything I want,' but that doesn't work.
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If you want to learn about America, watch 'The Wire.' It's a profound piece of entertainment.
You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.
Son, always tell the truth. Then you'll never have to remember what you said the last time.
You'll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you don't have to remember what you have said, and you never forget what you have said.
One of the reasons I loved working with Tom is people feel they know who he is... I think working with an actor who the audience already has a relationship with actually helps you in a film like this.
If you're making a horror film, it's very important that you have lots of quiet, suspensey, don't-know-what's-happening stuff before you get the big fright.
Do you know, I'm not as much of a moviegoer as I should be, and I do end up - because I'm travelling so much - I end up seeing movies on aeroplanes, which is the worst possible way to...
I believe in operating in the big middle of the electorate and not being to the far right or the far left. I think you get so much more done.
It's a risk casting anyone against type or what they're known to do. But there's one thing better than having a great actor, which is having a great actor who's never done what you're asking him to do. He's hungry...
It makes the day considerably more enjoyable when you're working with people you think are good, and it makes your job easier, too.
Performing in Detroit or performing in Chicago, you're on your own turf, but when you tour a show, the audiences change. You're in a completely different space; sensibilities change. I think I learned a lot from doing that - how...
When you grow up with siblings, you can be like, 'Isn't this weird? Isn't this funny? Do we agree on this, or do we disagree?' You have some point of reference, some touchstone. When you grow up an only child,...
If you're making films in New Zealand, you can't avoid the landscape. It's certainly more handsome than I am.
You've got to believe as a filmmaker that if a movie's good enough, it's going to survive; and if it's not, well, it won't.
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