Michael Azerrad Quotes

There's a whole apparatus for indie bands now, but back in the eighties it was just getting built. The early people really took it on the chin.

Michael Azerrad

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I remember when being a 'a company man' was a badge of honor; today in Silicon Valley it may brand you a loser or, in the best case scenario, someone afraid to take risks. Ten years ago, if you saw a resume that had multiple jobs in ten years, you would be worried about the capability of the individual. Not so now.

Maynard Webb

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I've acted just to get to directing.

Mel Ferrer

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To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

John Marshall

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I find it hard to pre-plan every element of everything I do. It's not my thing.

John Malkovich

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Certainly as a kid, I grew up with Batman, Superman, whoever - they didn't need to be black for me to relate to them. But when a character like Cyborg came along, I got excited, because he looked a little bit more like me; his experiences were a little bit more like mine.

John Ridley

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As a director, I also get to sit and watch actors and learn from them in a way that I don't get to do when I'm just acting.

Stanley Tucci

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Getting into character to become 'Pretty' Ricky Conlan for the 'Creed' film was surreal.

Tony Bellew

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Going online and asking questions is the best way to learn.

Tom Felton

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'Nicholas Nickleby' is 800 pages long. At one time, the theater production was 15 hours long. So it's an interesting process, about what you leave out and what you select.

Roger Rees

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I hate going to fashion shows. I find them boring.

Chloe Sevigny

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She's definitely an angel sent from above. How can that not rub off on a man? What can I say? I'm a mama's boy.

Brantley Gilbert

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I have lots of energy, but that doesn't happen like magic. I put in many extra hours in the gym and with the physios.

Arjen Robben

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