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Related I went through a phase of eating dinner in the shower because I thought, 'Why don't we do th... BRIE LARSON At Pixar, after every movie we have postmortum meetings where we discuss what worked and what didn... JOHN LASSETER Just because opportunities present themselves doesn't mean you should accept every one of them. It's... CRAIG GROESCHEL I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Every single Pixar film, at one time or another, has been the worst movie ever put on film. But we k... JOHN LASSETER It's like, sometimes I'll watch a movie, and it's got some big star in it playing a work... WINONA RYDER We've already been reincarnated about a million times, maybe. It doesn't make sense any othe... WILLIE NELSON What's the point in being an unpopular writer? It just doesn't make a lot of sense. For me i... 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MAX LANDIS Man, anytime the ball goes through the basket. It doesn't matter if it's a jumper or a drive... DWYANE WADE It's easy to show terrible people's behavior on screen, and we all just kind of nod and go, ... DAMIEN CHAZELLE If the seed doesn't get planted, it can't become a toxic thornbush. We must guard our minds and our ... CRAIG GROESCHEL The interesting thing is that you don't often meet a poet who doesn't have a sense of humour... WENDY COPE They make Spy Kids, they make Scream, they make A Scary Movie. This doesn't do that, so it could... TERRY GILLIAM It doesn't matter where it is in the world or who I'm making the movie with; that's the ... ANYA TAYLOR-JOY The most important lesson that I have learned is to trust God in every circumstance. Lots of times w... ALLYSON FELIX Every time a bit of information is erased, we know it doesn't disappear. It goes out into the en... LEONARD SUSSKIND I definitely understand not entirely fitting in. 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GINA GREENLEE At 'SNL' there's framed pictures of all the cast members, and it starts with Dan Aykroyd... FRED ARMISEN You go to a theater now and you literally see parents watching the movie and they suddenly cover the... GARRY MARSHALL Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, mora... ZIG ZIGLAR If we don't fear God, it's because we don't know God. CRAIG GROESCHEL It's of very little importance to me that I was born gay. It doesn't make me a better athlet... JOHNNY WEIR Chemistry is so important and so unpredictable. Sometimes you get in a room with someone where aesth... MARGOT ROBBIE If you look at suicides, most of them are connected to depression. And the mental health system just... ROSALYNN CARTER It used to be presumed that if you weren't at your desk working, you weren't working, But we... DAVID CHIPPERFIELD There's no one place a virus goes to die - but that doesn't make its demise any less a publi... 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AVI ARAD If you have a bereavement in your family, it's a terrible, terrible thing. But, you know, time p... BERNARD SUMNER A rescue mission doesn't involve going in and just taking a child and leaving. You can't jus... JASON MRAZ And here's the fact: the fact is it doesn't solve the problem. First of all, if you taxed th... MARCO RUBIO I love stories with love in them. I just prefer those films. Every so often, I come across a film wh... RACHEL MCADAMS The threat posed by Bank of America isn't just financial - it's a full-blown assault on the ... MATT TAIBBI Our culture doesn't ask about preserving the essence of pig; it just asks how can we grow them f... JOEL SALATIN We keep on saying 'Jack' and 'he,' but that's one of the great things about the ... JEROME FLYNN Any type of animation, it could be really super crude or very sophisticated, it doesn't mean any... HENRY SELICK We need to be creative, on the cutting edge, challenged, and it's really hard going. It's re... LARRY MULLEN, JR. I don't know who made the first Aquaman joke. I'm sure it was comics readers; maybe we all d... GEOFF JOHNS We need to keep the fire alive. I think we can do it. I think (the players) have a good sense of tak... GRETA GNAGY One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you. LARRY GELBART At the end of the day it's got to be a good movie, it's got to be a funny movie, and it'... TOM HANKS
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