"Sometimes a movie series that becomes popular can be a blessing and curse because you get known for that. People don't give you a chance, after that... I'm a big proponent of getting somebody that you always admire and giving them a chance to do something else because they can redefine themselves."

-- Robert Rodriguez

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“I'm tired of people thinking they're doing me favours.”
“We would get rid of assault weapons. There would not be an assault weapon in the United States, whether it's for a show or someone having it in a collection.”

Source : "LAPD Chief Bernard Parks Discusses Loss of Granddaughter, Police Scandal". "Both Sides" with Jesse Jackson, www.cnn.com. June 11, 2000.
“We are well aware that religion is not as bad an influence as it was a short time ago, as history is counted. But it is a sufficiently bad influence even in modern times, and its reduced viciousness (in practice) is due plainly enough to its reduced power.”
“Well-referenced, with numerous quotations from renowned Egyptologists and classical scholars, Acharya's penetrating research clearly lays out the very ancient pre-Christian basis of modern Christianity. Those who espouse Christianity beware! After digesting the evidence, you will never again view your religion in the same light.”
“I would love to go to Iran. The island of Madagascar, everyone says is pretty exotic, or the wonderful Namibian desert.”
“I turned down as many roles that I thought were beyond my abilities as I did ones I thought weren't good enough.”
“When people tell me they've learned from experience, I tell them the trick is to learn from other people's experience.”
“Food ... is the topmost taper on the golden candelabrum of existence.”

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