Max Landis
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CARICE VAN HOUTEN ZARA LARSSON SAMMY CAHN SHAWN MENDES I would direct TV. That's a little different. It's more of a contained world as a director. ... CHERYL HINES It would be easy to say that I want to play a role that was very much like myself, but more or less ... SUMMER ALTICE LORDE I like things that are hand made - but personally for a man, I'm not interested in fashion that ... ROMAN COPPOLA It's really hard when people write nasty things about you all the time. As much as good things a... JORDIN SPARKS I think it's unfortunate when people say that there is just one true story of science. For one t... IAN HACKING I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES BERNARD WILLIAMS Every show is unique, some shows have the master plan and have everything figured out and that's... ELIZABETH MERIWETHER Whatever it is, if you draw, you paint, you're a carpenter, you play football, the more you do i... TOM SIZEMORE Some people write a thank you note for a gift, and it's three pages long, and some people write ... BILL CALLAHAN CASSANDRA CLARE RICKY MARTIN We have this myth that if you work hard, you can accomplish anything. It's not a very American t... DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE I write screenplays that don't get made and pilots that don't get picked up, and I re-write ... BRUCE VILANCH TOM FORD WILLIAM T. VOLLMANN JOE JONAS BEBE REXHA Almost every morning I write in my journal. I've been keeping it for a long time - I've fill... BLAKE MYCOSKIE I was quite a successful evangelist. I've had people write to me and say, 'Gee, I'm a Ch... DANIEL EVERETT RICHARD M. NIXON J. J. WATT Of all the things I've done, the first 'Strongman' story was one of the easiest things t... CHARLES SOULE It's a hard job. It means giving up some things, but on the other hand they keep saying you can ... GARRY MARSHALL JONATHAN IVE One of the biggest things I learned was that it's OK to be nervous and admit that you're hav... SAMUEL LARSEN ZOOEY DESCHANEL MAGGIE STIEFVATER MIRANDA HART WALTER MOSLEY With some artists, I've noticed that after their songs have been licensed, on their next album y... PRISCILLA AHN I like to dabble in different things, but music is my first love. It connects to me in a way my side... EVE I think there's so many points of view that you want to make sure your stories are being told fr... MELISSA MCCARTHY About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS RICK RIORDAN When I'm not writing, I do a lot of research reading on the shape of civilization. Fiction can b... CAROLYN CHUTE KEKE PALMER KAT GRAHAM When I'm writing, I try not to think things like, 'Gosh, I have to finish writing this book.... LINDA SUE PARK Some of my fans don't really like it when I respond to people who say things that are trying to ... RICKIE FOWLER RAY LEWIS JOHN MELLENCAMP MANDY MOORE It's really hard to write personal songs. I'm not good at writing ditties because as far as ... EMILY ROBISON JOHN BYTHEWAY BEN HOROWITZ There's a personal story of my own that I will write at some point, and it's a film that I w... HAROLD RAMIS NINA DOBREV BRANDON BOYD If my son came to me years from now and told me, 'I'm gay,' I'd say, 'That's... VIVIENNE MING There's some freedom that you get with indie films that you don't get with the big-budget on... MAIKA MONROE The truth is when you have a movie that was as successful as 'Chronicle' was, it's not a... MAX LANDIS NICK PARK DREW GODDARD Every film is hard work, and a few lucky people do get Oscars for what they do, and it's recogni... WALTER MURCH ANNE CARSON It's hard because people always say, 'Follow your dreams,' but it's not a perfect wo... STEPHEN COLLETTI BEN HOROWITZ CASSANDRA CLARE GRACE PALEY LAILA ALI For me, it's very easy to write a horror movie that's just a succession of scary sequences, ... EHREN KRUGER RORY MCILROY MARILYN MANSON I like to write about the things I care about. It's no fun to sing about things you don't li... ESTELLE FANTA SWARAY JOSH TURNER I don't think all comedy should be mindless. Have something that's thoughtful. Maybe some th... JERROD CARMICHAEL TAYLOR LAUTNER AMY ADAMS One of the things I've learned with doing 'xkcd' is that you sort of give people, 'H... RANDALL MUNROE I'm proud to say that I was that guy playing the character of Dr. Burke on 'Grey's Anato... ISAIAH WASHINGTON Why can I write 'South' with some assurance that you'll know I mean Richmond and don'... JOHN SHELTON REED DANIELA PESTOVA One of the things I've learned from 'Borgen' is that it's very easy to criticise peo... PILOU ASBAEK MARC NEWSON I try to write 1,000 words. 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You have to relax, write what you write. It sounds easy but it's really, really hard. One of the... 
A lot of people who don't write for kids think it's easy, because they think kids aren't... 
It never gets boring for me because there's so many different things to explore in the studio. T... 
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