"The trick [in comedy] is always to figure out how real you're playing it and how real it's supposed to feel. That's a hard thing to figure out."

-- Michael Cera

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“The big icebergs that drift into warmer water melt much more rapidly under water than on the surface, and sometimes a sharp, low reef extending two or three hundred feet beneath the sea is formed. If a vessel should run on one of these reefs half her bottom might be torn away.”
“Growing up and applying to college, I just imagined that I would study acting. But then, once I went to college, I realized I was more interested in all the aspects of filmmaking as opposed to all the aspects of theater, which is what you would have to do if you studied acting at a liberal arts school. And so I thought, "Oh, I'll meet directors and filmmakers, and I'm an actress, so I'll become friends with them and hopefully be in their movies." And then It worked!”
“I always get pissed that I can't make my voice sound like someone from the 50s who had a very girly, innocent voice, like Leslie Gore.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“The universe is listening, be careful what you say in it.”
“I have never compromised on fundamentals. I've always believed in focusing on creating value and not valuation.”
“A director shouldn't get in the way of the movie, the story should.”

Source : "Prison Bound". Interview with Stephen Short, www.cnn.com.
“We've been hearing about the death of the novel ever since the day after Don Quixote was published.”

Source : "The uses of invention" by Jay McInerney, www.theguardian.com. September 16, 2005.
“Whenever you're aggressive, you're at the edge of mistakes.”

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