"I learned a lot, in terms of inspiring people. It became very clear to me, very early on, that directing a movie was a lot like being in a theater company."

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Source : "Matthew Lillard Talks FAT KID RULES THE WORLD, Becoming a Director, the Film’s Road to Development and Plans for Future Directorial Projects". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 10, 2012.

Matthew Lillard

#People Quotes #Theater Quotes #Term Quotes

“Take to the study of the law. Possession is nine points of it, which thou hast of me. Self-possession is the tenth...”

Source : Annabella Bloom, Lucy Hartbury, Brenna Chase, M.J. Porteus, Emily Bronte (2015). “Wildly Wanton: 10 Spiced-Up Literary Classics”, p.4063, Interweave
“When I sit down to write, I don't think about writing about an idea or a given message. I just try to write a story which is hard enough.”
“Love is a reality which is born in the fairy region of romance.”
“Wisdom comes with age, but keep it to yourself.”
“If I have a song that I feel is really one of my best songs, I like it to have a formal studio recording because I believe that something being officially released on a studio record gives it a certain authority that it doesn't quite have if it comes out on a live album or is just a part of your show, you know.”
“There are certain writers I can't read when I'm trying to write because their voices are so distinct. Cormac McCarthy, he's the most different writer from anything I've ever written, but there's something about those really spare sentences that is just tough - it would be too much of an influence. Grace Paley is my favorite writer. Her stuff is so voice-driven, when I read her a lot I want to make my writing more voice-y and dialogue-heavy. I love a lot of stuff in translation.”
“When you take a pause before delivering your punch line, you will be using silence as a creative entity in itself.”
“Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn't it”

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