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Debra Granik Quotes

It's risky to show poor Americans. People see it as a downer. But I really wanted to make a tightly wound piece of storytelling that also happened to explode the myth of American affluence.

Debra Granik

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: director
Nationality: american
Birth: February 6, 1963

Topics

People American Poor Storytelling

I understand how hard it is to force yourself to be someone different. By the end of high school, I had taken to doing my math homework up against a concealed wall during lunch because I was tired of socializing.

Andrea Seigel

Yourself School Tired Lunch End

I really wanted to write a song like Eric Clapton's 'Wonderful Tonight.' It's just such a sweet sentiment. It's so simple but so genuine.

Andy Grammer

Simple Sweet Song Genuine Write

People need jobs, people need happy and successful lives; there should be marriage between one man and one woman, there should the value of person from conception until natural death.

Alveda King

Marriage Woman Death Man Value Need

I'm passionate about everything, like my family and friends. Anybody I am talkin' to is gonna be bona fide real. There is no substitution for happiness. Period.

Suge Knight

Family Happiness I Am Friends Real

Everybody who works for Amblin Television has to do five jobs.

Steven Spielberg

Television Five Who Everybody Works

I have my dream job. I get paid to make music.

Mike Posner

Music Job Dream Paid Get Make

I go to movies expecting to have a whole experience. If I want a movie that doesn't end, I'll go to a French movie. That's a betrayal of trust to me. A movie has to be complete within itself; it can't just build off the first one or play variations.

Joss Whedon

Trust Experience Me End Play Movies

As a bandleader, I try to pass on the same family values that I grew up with: help people, hang on to your sense of humour, be tolerant, and keep your judgments to yourself.

Jools Holland

Family Yourself People Help Values

I was a business major, but the more I played music and the more I got into songwriting, I realized this is what I loved, but I kept asking myself, 'Is this what I'm supposed to do - move to Nashville?'

Cole Swindell

Business Music Myself Loved Asking

I won't wear fur - never, ever. I'm an animal lover. I wouldn't even wear faux fur. I prefer to go the cheap route and not shave my legs.

Bonnie Hunt

Animal Go Legs Never Cheap Fur

Don't eat shrimp - it's one of the most unsustainable fish. For every pound that's caught, 10 or 20 pounds of other stuff is killed and dumped back overboard. It's the number one killer of juvenile sea turtles in Mexico. Two good sustainable seafood guides that I'd recommend are from the Monterey Bay Aquarium and the Blue Ocean Institute.

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Good Sea Ocean Blue Fish Back

In Korea, it's a tradition to inherit your father's business. Unfortunately, I'm the only son in the entire family, so they were forcing too much.

Psy

Family Father Business Son Tradition