"In comedy laughter settles all arguments."

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Robert McKee

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“Would you go to see a brilliant actor who's been framed for something that he didn't do, and put him on a stage and say he's going to doÂ HamletÂ for you, and why don't you enjoy it? That's a hell of an analogy, but it's about the same thing.”
“My mother never married my father. She was married to and divorced from another man, then she married and divorced my stepfather and then, ultimately, they ended up getting back together.”
“In aptitude tests, I scored highest in music.”
“Id love to work with the people who really got the film industry going again through the 70s: Peter Weir, Bruce Beresford, Gillian Armstrong, Fred Schepisi.”
“It is like the thirsty traveller who at first sincerely sought the water of knowledge, but who later, having found it plain perhaps, proceeded to temper his cup with the salt of doubt so that his thirst now becomes insatiable though he drinks incessantly, and that in thus drinking the water that cannot slake his thirst, he has forgotten the original and true purpose for which the water was sought.”
“I have never been convinced there's anything inherently wrong in having fun.”

Source : George Plimpton (2003). “George Plimpton on Sports”, Lyons Press
“Today's terrorists are pursuing a distinct route. They are increasingly attacking civilians in symbolic targets, such as those of economic importance, or venues of bustling life like public transportation or entertainment, like nightclubs.”
“I ransack public libraries, and find them full of sunk treasure.”

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