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If I had been a winger, I might have been daydreaming and thinking about how to keep my kit clean for next week.
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Black ink was always my favorite. I loved it. And then one day I realized that the only thing I ever wanted to do was to paint.
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You must learn to respect," Papa said. But I do not respect her," I said. Papa paused for a moment, and patted my leg. "Then you must learn to hide your disrespect.
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Filmmaking is such a collaborative medium
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I'm a Gemini, so there's two people in me. Straight up. There's the nerd who is totally zoned out in the studio, EQ-ing this kick drum, raising this snare one decibel, or swapping this high hat out for another. Then there's the other side who's a performer. I have to go out on stage and be electric, a fire cracker, just run around the stage and give a show.
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If I could take a punch like that, I might have been able to think up a name besides George for all my sons.
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For me, losing a tennis match isn't failure, it's research.
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Movie acting, I later realized, reminds me of contract bridge. Each requires the same concentration, intense short-term memory, and obliviousness to everything else until the last trump is called - or whatever it is they do.
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Trying to make the presidency work these days is like trying to sew buttons on a custard pie.
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I think how strict my mother's home could be with my mom and my stepfather, there was a fluidity and freedom in my dad's existence that I enjoyed when I was around him, though the responsibility was just different. He expected me to carry myself a certain way without all the rules and confines.
