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Melvin Van Peebles Quotes

One day, I was sitting in a movie theater, and I said, 'What the hell? I can do better than that.'

Melvin Van Peebles

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actor
Nationality: american
Birth: August 21, 1932

Topics

Day Hell Better I Can Said Sitting

The media seems to think only abortion and gay marriage are religious issues. Poverty is a moral issue, it's a faith issue, it's a religious issue.

Marriage Faith Think Media Poverty

I'm dating myself by saying this, but I was the test audience for 'Space Invaders.' I remember when that was the first game that wasn't a pinball game. I spent a lot of money on 'Space Invaders,' in the form of quarters, of course.

Myself Money Dating Space Saying

I guess I have an aversion to writing about big events and heroic actions. The everyday has always seemed most important to me in writing, probably because I believe people reveal themselves in how they deal with small details.

Stephen McCauley

People Me Writing Small Believe

And, so, when I picked up the guitar, suddenly, just playing a couple of notes really, really spoke to me. It was almost like I should have been doing it prior to that. You know, it was something that just felt really natural.

Me Guitar Doing You Know Up

I'm a very objective-driven bloke, so to have a goal in mind and to have something to do is very important to me.

Robert Whittaker

Mind Me Goal Important Something

When American producers see my film, they think that I had a big budget to do it, like 23 million. But in fact I had 10 percent of that budget. I did 'Mars et Avril' for only 2.3 million.

Martin Villeneuve

Think American Budget Mars See Big

I've found that it's easier to stay in shape than it is to get into shape.

Shape Stay Get Found Easier Than

I had always wanted to retell a Shakespeare play. It was an ambition from college days. But in order to be able to do it... the circumstances in my life didn't come together for a long time.

Life Time Together College Ambition

The only thing I want to be known as is a country singer. I want people to hear it and go, 'That's country!'

People Country Go Want Singer Only

Our government works should be treated fairly and appropriately; they should have a decent retirement, but not a gold-plated system where they can retire multimillionaires in their 50s.

Government Retirement System Retire

And Garrison Keillor I think is a fascinating guy and really entertaining.

Woody Harrelson

Think Guy Entertaining I Think

I just took the idea that King Kong was too big for everything and reversed it and put George in a land of giants, which is basically what every kid goes through anyway - that, you know, the world is made for grownups, for tall people, for the giants.

King People World You Know Land

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