"An extraordinary amount of arrogance is present in any claim of having been the first in inventing something."

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“I think being really open to this new world of online and what it means to be online. Also, understanding that maybe it's time to let go of the 90-minute experience and realize that all of the content that comes on top of the 90-minute film experience, [that] there's a lot of that, especially with documentaries.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Torn between the impulse to stroke his head, and the urge to cave it in with a rock, I did neither.”
“Diplomacy in a sense is the opposite of writing. You have to disperse yourself so much: the lady who comes in crying because shes had a fight with the secretary; exports and imports; students in trouble; thumbtacks for the embassy.”
“I always tell people that my primary job is being a dad and husband. Music is just what pays the bills.”
“Traveling the world I've learned that progressives, regardless of their locations, think in a global space.”
“Tragedy, for me, is not a conflict between right and wrong, but between two different kinds of right.”
“Most mothers are instinctive philosophers.”
“For me it's about the character, not as much about the genre of it [movie]. I'm excited that I get to work and play interesting characters and I'm not just the girl who gets to play the girlfriend or the wife. I get to play real women who have struggles and troubles and passions and that's always what I hope to do no matter what format that lies in.”

Source : "Ali Larter On-Set Interview RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE – Read or Listen Here". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. April 20, 2010.

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