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Even the great bad guys in cinema history, they're likable.


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Even the great bad guys in cinema history, they're likable.
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BALTHAZAR GETTY I wasn't ever good enough to be on the baseball team and that sort of stuff.
BALTHAZAR GETTY I didn't do the typical things that young kids do.
BALTHAZAR GETTY The big things I've had are things I bought myself.
BALTHAZAR GETTY Nobody believes it, but I slept on a futon till I was 13.
BALTHAZAR GETTY I had a very modest upbringing.
BALTHAZAR GETTY My theory is, independent movies only work if you're willing to push the material and do somethi...
BALTHAZAR GETTY My parents were hippies.
BALTHAZAR GETTY My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of m...
BALTHAZAR GETTY Like, they know that I have a habit of rubbing my earlobes, I've been doing it since I was two.
BALTHAZAR GETTY I wanted to be a professional baseball player.
BALTHAZAR GETTY I think some people are on a mission to die, and I never was.
BALTHAZAR GETTY When you go in and do a cool, small character, it feels less like work and more like fun.
BALTHAZAR GETTY It's been such a group effort. When you're a new band and you have limited resources, you en...
BALTHAZAR GETTY Even in my darkest times I knew I had a good future ahead of me.
BALTHAZAR GETTY Life started getting good when I started making money.
BALTHAZAR GETTY It's been such a group effort. When you're a new band and you have limited resources, you end up get...
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BALTHAZAR GETTY I didn't do the typical things that young kids do.
BALTHAZAR GETTY But I've consistently worked for 10 years.
BALTHAZAR GETTY Tired of Being Sorry' is one of the lines everyone can relate to.
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DANIEL BOULUD Having a movie that lasts and makes your image imprinted into the history of cinema, it's very p...
LUDIVINE SAGNIER Auschwitz begins wherever someone looks at a slaughterhouse and thinks: theyre only animals.
THEODOR ADORNO I was born at a bad time for Spain, but a really good one for cinema.
PEDRO ALMODOVAR gregarious, decent, honorable, likable.
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DOUG BRIEN Our guys don't know who the bad guys are.
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DAVE VAN RONK It's a great opportunity to be together apart from celebrating Indian cinema.
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