“There’s a kid in the middle of nowhere who’s sitting there living for Tony performances. Singing and flipping along with the Pippins, and Wickeds, and Kinkys, Matildas, and Mormons's. So we might reassure that kid, and do something to spur that kid, ‘cause I promise you, all of us up here tonight, we were that kid.”
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“Directing teenage actors is like juggling jars of nitro-glycerine: exhilarating and dangerous.”
― 11/22/63
― 11/22/63
“I think maybe it’s the things we don’t want to talk about that are the things people most want to hear.”
― Dumplin'
― Dumplin'
“I don’t like the idea of “understanding” a film. I don’t believe that rational understanding is an essential element in the reception of any work of art. Either a film has something to say to you or it hasn’t. If you are moved by it, you don’t need it explained to you. If not, no explanation can make you moved by it.”
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“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
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