Damien Chazelle Quotes

Whiplash' was just a lucky kind of convergence of events in that I'd been trying to get a bigger project off the ground with no success for a while, and then finally, out of frustration, I just wrote this leaner, meaner, personal script about my experiences as a jazz drummer, and that's the one that wound up getting made.

Damien Chazelle

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A movie like 'The Apartment' is beautifully directed, but you can't put your finger on why it's such a good movie. It just is, because of all these things that Billy Wilder is subtly doing. That level of filmmaking is something I aspire to.

John Hamburg

GoodDoingYouFilmmakingWhyLevel

For a black student to work in southwest Mississippi for example - or in the Delta in 1960, 1961, 1962 - was high-risk work.

John Doar

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The construction of extensive railways, however, and particularly the consolidation of small, experimental lines into large systems, dates from the days of the discovery of gold in California.

John Moody

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You've got to have the right attire for the right event. I attend a lot of dinners, a lot of concerts, and I have to be on the red carpet; each has its own dress code, and I have to be prepared. Jeans and a hoodie are great for a concert, but a dinner party?

Amar'e Stoudemire

GreatRedDressDinnerYouParty

The gods have chosen to entertain me with chronic eyestrain headaches. Very poisonous episodes. So I don't do a lot of reading anymore except on tape.

Tom Robbins

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Universities are in a position where they can think very creatively.

Derek Bok

ThinkPositionWhereUniversities

Process is your friend, but process also dictates what you can do.

Denis McDonough

FriendProcessYouYourAlso

Men pretend they don't like to be nagged, but they love it, really. It makes them feel wanted.

Denise Van Outen

LoveMenFeelPretendLikeWanted

If you're truthful with yourself and others, forgiveness clears the path to righteousness, to grace. All we want is grace. We all want that light in our lives. And we can only get that when we go deep into truth.

Corbin Bernsen

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What can we do to put more Colorado in Washington and less Washington in Colorado?

Cory Gardner

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Woody Allen is in his '70s and he's making movies, so I look forward to getting there.

Brett Ratner

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Love is never stationary.

Bob Goff

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