Eugene Mirman Quotes

The truth is, for however much my stories come out of things that have happened to me, they're not darkly or as deeply personal as someone like Marc Maron or a lot of comedians, but they are essentially my life and my interpretation of it.

Eugene Mirman

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LifeTruthMeTruth IsMy LifeOut

I prefer to commit 100 per cent to a movie and make fewer films, because it takes over your life.

Jodie Foster

LifeOverBecauseCommitYourMovie

Hip-hop, which is my generation's blues, is important to the characters that I write about. They use hip-hop to understand the world through language.

Jesmyn Ward

WorldLanguageGenerationUnderstand

In real life, people are constantly saying one thing and doing another, but if you write your characters that way, the story becomes too hard to follow.

Jessica Cutler

LifePeopleSayingStoryDoingYou

The mystery of Christopher Wheeldon deepens. Yes, he's the most talented of the younger ballet choreographers - indeed, where's the competition? Yes, he's particularly good at nurturing dancers and identifying their essential qualities.

Robert Gottlieb

GoodCompetitionMysteryYesDancers

I would have taken whatever hand I was dealt. Space was it.

Story Musgrave

SpaceHandWhateverDealtWould

I grew up in the suburbs of a small town on the south coast where the only opportunity I ever got to wear anything smart was a funeral, so I had never owned a piece of clothing worth more than £40.

Tom Odell

OpportunitySmartSmallWorthNever

Every American wants a clean slate, but nobody wants to lose what they've got.

Rob Sheffield

AmericanLoseNobodyCleanSlate

I'm not really crazy about broad comedy. I like very possible, real situations that you might have found yourself in.

Judge Reinhold

YourselfCrazyComedyYouPossible

Alfred Molina is one of the nicest people on the planet and a complete master.

Jonathan Groff

PeopleMasterPlanetCompleteNicest

If I simply stay in that moment on the pitch and read the game, I can do so much more.

Christen Press

MomentGameI CanMoreStaySimply

I always compare myself to the best.

Bradley Wiggins

MyselfBestAlwaysCompare

We may be up against a stone wall, but we don't have to bloody our heads against it unless we choose to.

William Glasser

ChooseStoneWallUpMayAgainst

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