James Gunn Quotes

For the theatrical experience to survive, spectacle films need to expand their definition of what they can be. They need to be unique and true voices of the filmmakers behind them. They can't just be copying what came before them.

James Gunn

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ExperienceSurviveUniqueTrueNeed

People like a bit of honesty in films.

Andrew Haigh

HonestyPeopleLikeBitFilms

I mean, when I got to Brown, the place was riven, because you had older professors who were basically new critics and had been teaching a certain way for 30 years. And then you had this other gang who was down with the semiotic program. And as a student, you were, in a way, forced to choose which cohort you were going with.

Jeffrey Eugenides

YouChooseDownPlaceStudentNew

Every day I wake up and I really try to pinch myself to take advantage of today and to use that freedom of gesture to do what I really like to do.

Jeff Koons

TodayFreedomMyselfDayWake UpUp

I love to swim. When I jump in the water, I feel like I'm 12 years old again. It's really funny how it does that to me.

Summer Sanders

FunnyLoveWaterMeFeelJump

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

Robert Frost

PoetryLostTranslationGets

Smell the roses. Smell the coffee. Whatever it is that makes you happy.

Rita Moreno

CoffeeHappyRosesYouSmellMakes

You have to give people the pleasure of giving you.

Rob Reiner

PeopleGivingYouPleasureGive

Women of child-bearing age steadily run out of eggs by the continuous process of cell death. While reading a copy of the 'Guardian' carefully from cover to cover, a normal woman will have lost on average two eggs - while, typically, a normal man will have made 70,000 new sperm.

Robert Winston

WomenAgeWomanDeathManReading

Amherst is a liberal arts college, committed to providing students with a broad education.

Joseph Stiglitz

EducationCollegeArtsLiberal Arts

I'll tell you, I've never particularly been a 'Trek' person. I feel about 'Trek' the way one feels about known, vaguely liked, but rather distant members of one's family.

China Mieville

FamilyFeelYouPersonWayNever

Knock wood, but I started acting professionally when I was 16, and I've always been able to support myself since then.

Anthony Edwards

MyselfSupportActingWoodAlways

I like living with a character for a really long time and what can open up with that.

Paula Malcomson

CharacterTimeLongLong TimeLiving

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