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Joshua Ferris Quotes

I think it's a very bad idea for someone to start writing for a readership.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: 1974

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Writing Start Think Someone Bad

I had a harsh lesson in 1996, when I lost four times to Andres Gomez on clay.

Lesson Lost Clay Four Harsh Had

A lot of data, whether it's imagery or other kinds of things, work really well when it's geographically laid out. I'm talking about imagery, statistics, incidents and other things that happen around the globe.

Work Data Talking Statistics Out

I'm a natural blonde. But when I started acting, I would go to auditions and they didn't know where to put me because I was voluptuous and had the accent, but I had blonde hair. It was ignorance: they thought every Latin person looks like Salma Hayek.

Ignorance Me Hair Thought Acting Go

'Killer Joe' provides a lot of red meat for the theater. Pam MacKinnon is the perfect director to shepherd a group of actors who share a certain bloodlust.

Red Perfect Group Director Meat Who

Vietnam was really an idealistic thing to stop the spread of communism, which, incidentally, it did. It was a pretty costly way to do it, but it achieved its goal.

Communism Goal Stop Way Spread Did

Favorite movie lists are impossible for me to do.

Robert Zemeckis

Me Impossible Lists Favorite Movie

Your glass will not do you half so much service as a serious reflection on your own minds.

Reflection Service You Serious Glass

I'm not really sure what people's preconceived notions are. I don't look at the gossip websites - it's unhealthy and I think it's a large part of what drives people in L.A. crazy.

People Crazy Think Gossip Look Sure

The only way change will ever happen is if we speak up, and we have to know that it actually has an impact. Because we have a lot more power than we think we do, I think.

Change Power Speak Think Impact Way

Unlike with any other art form, filmmakers have this unique web of festivals. There are hundreds. It is a democratic system in which you submit films, and if they are good enough, they play. The only barrier to entry is the submission fee.

Good Art Festivals Enough You Play

Sometimes, when things are going really well, I feel like I've already seen things - it's the flashback feeling in a good way. Like I'm watching a rerun, because I've studied this defense and know what comes next. Now, that is a good feeling, when your mind is working fast because you've studied, and you realize, 'I've seen this before.'

Colin Kaepernick

Good Mind Feel You Fast Sometimes

I don't remember being afraid of anything in making films.

Remember Afraid Anything Being Films

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