John Landis Quotes

The idea of doing a children's film is different, but quite honestly I like doing anything - any genre. I've only made one Western, which was 'Three Amigos,' but I would love to make a serious Western. I'm just wide open.

John Landis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 3, 1950

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I feel like artists, as much as we'd like to think we're communal, are pretty much loners.

Andrew Sean Greer

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'The Phantom of the Opera' is about love. It's as simple as that.

Andrew Lloyd Webber

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I'm a director because I directed a movie. And if I have any advice for people, it's, 'Go write something; go direct it. If that's what you have a desire to do, go do it. If the movie stinks, just put it on the shelf and try to do it again.'

Jeff Nichols

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I temporarily became a surgeon for 'Memory of Love'. I spent two weeks in an operating theatre, watching amputations, and I loved it.

Aminatta Forna

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Unfortunately, I was like a lot of my own students, who don't really want criticism, just encouragement.

Sigrid Nunez

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Childhood is Last Chance Gulch for happiness. After that, you know too much.

Tom Stoppard

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I don't really put my name to anything that I don't love and believe in, because there's no point.

Minnie Driver

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Thanks to nanny, I've got a deep understanding of Russian tales.

Modest Mussorgsky

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I never fought for money. I had a good career and legacy as featherweight champion.

Jose Aldo

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I put out tapes, but I always kept saying, 'Why am I putting all this energy into these tapes?' I was like, 'I'd rather make just an album because I have a vision; I know how I want to do my records.' I always felt like an artist as well.

DJ Khaled

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The most learned are often the most narrow minded.

William Hazlitt

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I know how difficult it is for actors to get work, because I did casting for all those years.

Phyllis Smith

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