John Cassavetes
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And I think there's a place fo... COLIN FARRELL GAEL GARCIA BERNAL I've lived very well all my life, even when I had no money, and there's very little I can... AHMET ERTEGUN I've stopped going to see art films because every critic gives them four stars and say things li... TERRY ZWIGOFF Personally, I can't stand violence. In any standard American mainstream movie, there's 20 ti... MICHAEL HANEKE PAUL WALKER There may be a lot of people out there who don't like me who don't even know me. But there a... RICHARD SHERMAN CHRISTOPHER GUEST The secrecy thing has gotten to be more and more prevalent in films, and maybe that's good. It&#... KAREN ALLEN COLONEL SANDERS i want to be the best i can be but when i cant i'll try my best to achieve my goal my goals in life ... DALLY SALAD The Sixth Sense is not a good white film. Insomnia is not a good white film. They're just good f... ERIQ LA SALLE ETHEL WATERS When a loved one passes, there are mixed emotions, and a thirst to live one's own life more deep... SALLI RICHARDSON JERRY GARCIA Love bravely, live bravely, be courageous, there's really nothing to lose. There's no wrong ... JEWEL I'm not trying to be self-serving, but you know, you get to Hollywood, and if you want to make s... TERRY ZWIGOFF Even American artists are terrorized by market forces. If one can't see the films, my wings are ... LINA WERTMULLER PARK CHAN-WOOK I don't want to make pompous, serious films; I like films that have a kind of vivacity about the... DANNY BOYLE HOLLY HUNTER At the end of the day, all I can be is me. I'm not John Cena. In my 30 years, I've never bee... ROMAN REIGNS I will be doing a film called Whispers, for Disney. It's about elephants, and doesn't have a... TREVOR RABIN BRUNO MARS DJIMON HOUNSOU JAIME LERNER My principal job is to make interesting and entertaining films, and I'm not proud of which forma... GUY RITCHIE There is a need to be the best you can be. You can't panic; you concentrate. When I run up to th... JESSICA ENNIS-HILL WONG KAR-WAI BETTY WHITE With film, I have to be a team player; it's a whole different thing. I can't just be a one-m... ICE CUBE STEVE SABOL ANDREW WILES MARTIN SCORSESE JENNIFER GRANHOLM If you have a success in your life, why can't we hold on to that? Why can't that be good eno... JAKE PALTROW SACHA GUITRY I think the producers, for the most part, don't want to see prices skyrocket because that will o... DANIEL YERGIN FAITH HILL I like serious films, the moneymaking blockbusters that don't make any kind of sense and John Ca... PAM GRIER RUFUS WAINWRIGHT I think there is some resistance when people talk about ethical fashion, and a tendency to panic tha... ERIN O'CONNOR PRIYANKA CHOPRA But one of the amazing things about documentary is that you can remake it every time you make one. T... ERROL MORRIS DANIEL CRAIG The reason why bookstores are going out of business in the States is that people just can't focu... BARBARA KRUGER Don't have work-life balance - at least in the sense of trying to escape from work so you can ha... DON TAPSCOTT CARRIE UNDERWOOD Just as you can accept Miss Marple going to tea with the vicar, there's no reason why Long Islan... SUSAN ISAACS KAT GRAHAM J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI I don't watch my own past films: when I watch them, I find they don't work very well, becaus... BRUNO DUMONT I'm not bothered about what people say behind my back. I don't need to know about it. I beli... RANI MUKERJI If there isn't a deep core reason for a film existing, what is the point? For me to be known as ... NEILL BLOMKAMP CHRISTINE GREGOIRE HANYA YANAGIHARA ELI ROTH JOHN CAGE Now I'm old... maybe I'm still an eccentric hippie. There's a wonderful freedom in the e... SYLVESTER MCCOY There seems to be this impression that if I really am a psychotherapist, I can't be serious abou... PAMELA STEPHENSON J. J. WATT DAVID OYELOWO In my research, I learned that the way these twenties pieces are constructed, in one garment, can be... MARK BRIDGES ANTHONY T. HINCKS GEORGE ELIOT ANNA PAQUIN RACHEL MCADAMS GAEL GARCIA BERNAL TOM CRUISE KENDRA WILKINSON RACHEL MCADAMS JIMMY BRESLIN DOROTHY KILGALLEN DWAYNE JOHNSON Film acting, if you don't play the lead, you come, and you do your scenes in a few days, and you... MAX VON SYDOW AMY SEDARIS VERONICA ROTH AVA DUVERNAY
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There is nothing real about film. Nothing. Even the light particles that project the film can't ... 
I have zero interest in performing in films to try to convey any kind of message. My job is to be en... 
Be yourself, be who you can be. 
Maybe I've got to admit that what I did here was enough. I can make some more films. Maybe I'... 
Even though there's an entertainment value to the film, I think it's very important because ... 
When a film is successful, you don't need to shout about it from the rooftops. I don't belie... 
I didn't know why I couldn't sing - all I knew was that it was muscular or mechanical. Then,... 
The free teen film screenings and panel discussion on opportunities for women in film direction and ... 
Quite frankly, I can't get enough of soccer. I tell my jingoistic friends in the United States t... 
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I have a crusade against fondant, also shortening. There's no reason why wedding cakes can't... 
To me, unconventional thinking is approaching a problem and asking, 'Why not? Why can't some... 
I think of horror films as art, as films of confrontation. Films that make you confront aspects of y... 
There's no reason to hold yourself back and say you can't do something in life unless you go... 
What will happen if you can't say that this wasn't a film? 
I didn't know I wanted to do films until I started to do them. Very few films are made in Mexico... 
My philosophy is: If you can't have fun, there's no sense in doing it. 
I wouldn't say I'm a connoisseur of film. I like certain films, but I don't pretend to b... 
There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't do any business from ther... 
I wanted to be with the kind of people I'd grown up with, but you can't go back to them and ... 
I don't know why, it's the same reason why you like some music and you don't like others... 
I guess I probably make violent films partly because I can't express my anger in my real life ve... 
There's no way that anyone can know the ebb and flow of one's career. You can't know tha... 
I think I don't take myself too seriously. You know as far as, it's a fun life. I take my mu... 
We like to make the Marvel comics films because they're fun. Families can go see them together. ... 
There is no place in a city that can't be better. There is no toad that can't be a princess,... 
The reason it takes me so long to make a film, the reason it gets so difficult, is that I'm tryi... 
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Some mathematics problems look simple, and you try them for a year or so, and then you try them for ... 
I think all of us, under certain circumstances, could be capable of some very despicable acts. And t... 
There is no reason why, with the huge potential for market out there in the world for fuel-efficient... 
You can pretend to be serious; but you can't pretend to be witty. 
I don't know why 'happy' can't be a story. 
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I don't come from a film background. I haven't learned anything about films or film-making. ... 
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I can't be perfect for you, but you are perfect for me. 
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Don't try to tell Namath's people on First Avenue about Babe Ruth, because they don't ev... 
Why can't I be the adorable one? 
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I like to entertain in all aspects. When you're with somebody and you're out, you want to be... 
In my own relationships, I know that I should break up with someone who doesn't encourage me to ... 
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My mother and father were never frightened of anything. They always felt that they should go through... 
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I think of making a movie in such a romantic way. 
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Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans. 
Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute. 
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I was introduced to the Turducken in New Orleans. And it wasn't Thanksgiving. Glenn at the Gourm... 
Christians were instructed to serve others, and the thanksgiving was for the grace of God and the fa... 
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I'm not everybody's cup of tea. But sometimes criticism can be hurtful. Be respectful. I'... 
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When California was wild, it was the floweriest part of the continent. 
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Nobody should come to the movies unless he believes in heroes. 
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Surrealism had a great effect on me because then I realised that the imagery in my mind wasn't i... 
Take care, be kind, be considerate of other people and other species, and be loving. 
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent. 
Self-righteousness has killed more people than smoking. 
If you don't interfere with me, I'll always do something really good. 
Generalizations, like brooms, ought not to stand in a corner forever; they ought to sweep as a matte... 
Well, if you're true to yourself you're going to be true to everyone else. 
The mind is its own place and in itself, can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. 
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The loss of wealth is loss of dirt, as sages in all times assert; The happy man's without a shir... 
Would ye both eat your cake and have your cake? 
When all candles be out, all cats be grey. 
Written by a sponge dipped in warm milk and sprinkled with sugar. 
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Old friends are best. 
They say stay in the lines, but there's always something better on the other side. 
I've never eaten just a few bites of things I liked in my life. 
If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over? 
Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing. 
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A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work. 
Remaining childish is a tremendous state of innocence. 
The ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world are the ones who do. 
I can never consent to being dictated to. 
There, I guess King George will be able to read that without his spectacles! 
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