"I've always written for actors, and if you want to write for good actors, you have to write parts that are surprising, that are human, and that allow them to go to a wide range of places."

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Source : Source: www.aboutfilm.com

Peter Hedges

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“Elegance and beauty have been banished.”
“I don't have any interest in changing a system, because the system will simply get bucked back by people who haven't changed.”
“Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe; a moment that never was before and never will be again.”
“To be alive is to be afraid, and much to our advantage in many cases, since alarm often preserves us from danger.”

Source : Judith N. Shklar, Stanley Hoffmann (1998). “Political Thought and Political Thinkers”, p.11, University of Chicago Press
“I sort of have the belief that you work being your character out while you're working on it, or that's been my experience so far. I throw myself into it 100% and try to live in that world, and then when it's over, just sort of be able to leave it behind.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I can remember standing in a W.P.A. line with a gunny sack, and I remember having to buy chocolate milk instead of white because it was one cent cheaper.”

Source : "Jerry Buss, Lakers Owner and Innovator, Dies at 80" by Richard Goldstein, www.nytimes.com. February 18, 2013.
“Big Fish was the first movie that we worked on together, and I had already written it. We had another director, but that director didn't do it. So, it was just a Hail Mary to Tim, and Tim said that he wanted to do it and I was like, "That's fantastic!" But, there wasn't a lot of collaboration because he knew what he wanted to do and just did it. There were very minor changes for Big Fish.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Besides, Iâ€™m not looking to get saved. Iâ€™m only going with her because itâ€™s what you do when youâ€™re in a relationship. You know? You slide into the third pew from the front and sit there thinking about how desperate all these people are to feel like something loves them. Theyâ€™ll believe all kinds of hocus-pocus. But your girlfriend likes it, and you like her, so you do it. Itâ€™s called compromise. The only way youâ€™re going to get something to last in this world is to work at it.”

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