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Alan Parker Quotes

Rain is also very difficult to film, particularly in Ireland because it's quite fine, so fine that the Irish don't even acknowledge that it exists.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: director
Nationality: british
Birth: February 14, 1944

Topics

Rain Irish Difficult Film Fine Even

When 'Pune-52' was offered to me, I liked the script, but I wasn't convinced about the kissing and other intimate scenes. I tried talking to the director, but things didn't work out.

Amruta Khanvilkar

Work Me Talking Director Out Things

We treat China as a normal trading and economic partner.

Treat Partner Normal China Economic

I'm not tempted to write a song about George W. Bush. I couldn't figure out what sort of song I would write. That's the problem: I don't want to satirise George Bush and his puppeteers, I want to vaporise them.

Song Problem Want Write Out Would

I am who I am, and I think I have a good nature, by and large. But if someone takes advantage of that good nature, well then, you know, I'm not that nice a guy.

Nature Good I Am Think Someone You

Seeing 'Revelations' made me want to be a professional dancer.

Me Seeing Professional Want Made

I joined an Internet community of Victorian scholars, which meant that if I posted a question about 1875's lavender harvest, more than a thousand experts would ponder it.

Community Internet Harvest Question

I have no ancestral link to the mountains. But I really do feel close to mountain culture. Their ways of food, of thinking. The way they hang out with no recording devices and just sing songs with each other.

Food Culture Mountains Mountain Feel

There is some information that an actor doesn't need, and that's okay. I can't control everything. I don't want to control everything. Sometimes, you want to control everything, and you want to know the size of the lens and stuff like that. I am so relaxed as an actor because I don't want to control everything. I just want to control my part.

I Am Control You Information Lens

As a child I was really into fantasy books with elves and goblins and swords, and I went through a phase for a few years when I was reading endless series. But in the end I became totally fed-up with all these sub-Tolkien rip-offs because they all end up doing the same old things and there's no rigour to it.

Jonathan Stroud

Child Reading End Doing Fantasy Old

There are certainly a lot of things that still need to change when it comes to women in the workforce.

Change Women Need Workforce Things

I grew up writing songs in my room on GarageBand, and I would make the beats just out of layering my vocals over and over again. Very Imogen Heap-inspired.

Writing Over Out Up Room Just

Be bold and wear things you like. If you want to wear a cropped top, do it!

Ashley Nell Tipton

You Bold Want Top Things Wear

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