Simon McBurney Quotes

I don't really think about a visual aspect to the work at all; I just think about making the piece. And everything that occurs visually comes out of the subject matter you are dealing with so that I find it difficult to treat the visual element as a separate entity.

Simon McBurney

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: August 25, 1957

Topics

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With 'Toy Story,' which is a fantastic film but is essentially animation, you get to make all your decisions beforehand. 'Jumanji' is shot much like any other action film.

Joe Johnston

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I write totally spontaneously. I actually write fiction by hand - that always seems to startle people. I think the reason I do that is to bypass the thinking part of me and get to the more unconscious part, which is where all the good ideas seem to be.

Jennifer Egan

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All my life, books have felt alive; some more so than people, or rather, some people. Alive - this has to do with me, I know, and not the books - in a way that some people aren't. Alive as teachers, alive as minds, alive as imaginative triggers.

Andrea Barrett

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My songwriting has evolved, just as I've evolved as a person.

John Oates

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For me, it all comes down to one issue: if we can get money out of political systems, the whole world will change.

Steven Van Zandt

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I think people enjoy finding out something genuinely new.

Tom Hooper

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As an actor and a fledgling director, I'm used to making snap decisions that I'll have to live with.

Rob Lowe

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Caution: These verses may be hazardous to your solemnity.

Russell Baker

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Me, personally, Michael Rooker - I'm not a good victim.

Michael Rooker

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In everything I do, I like to set the idea for girls that they can do anything. I was really moved by Hillary Clinton's speech when she lost the election - she didn't want young girls to feel like it wasn't possible and wanted them to know a female president will eventually happen. That's important.

Miranda Otto

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A competitive primary does not divide us, it prepares us and we will win.

Mitt Romney

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A democracy depends on its people, the literate and the well read.

Dev Anand

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