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I think we simply all like to project ourselves into somebody else - somebody who is better-looking, richer, smarter. It's comforting. It's escapism, and that,…

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The most important thing is the story. Not the script, but the story.
In the studios days, the public's perception of movie stars was much different, because the stars were so much less exposed. This…
A lot of athletes have star quality, but they just can't perform in front of a camera. So no matter how good-looking…
I had a tough time 12 years ago getting 'Driving Miss Daisy' off the ground. Today, it would be impossible.
The Sound of Music' did more damage to the industry than any other picture. Everyone tried to copy it. We were the…
These last few years, working with Tim Burton, it's been the best time I've ever had.
Everything's changed. The technology is the big thing changing now, the way movies like 'Alice' or 'Avatar' are made. And technology on…
I think the executives at the studios today realize that it's easier and safer to go the - to some known territory…
I think we simply all like to project ourselves into somebody else - somebody who is better-looking, richer, smarter. It's comforting. It's…
I was practically born and raised at 20th Century Fox studio, started to work there selling papers when I was around seven…
It wasn't easy once I started running 20th Century Fox. There were a lot of eyebrows raised, and it wasn't easy, that…
It would have been impossible to get 'The Verdict' off the ground without Paul Newman obviously, but today without any star, kind…

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My mom didn't let me play video games growing up, so now I do. Gaming gives me a chance to just let… — Wayne Brady
I had read tons of science fiction. I was fascinated by other worlds, other environments. For me, it was fantasy, but it… — James Cameron
It would be easy to say that I want to play a role that was very much like myself, but more or… — Summer Altice
The cross stands as a mystery because it is foreign to everything we exalt- self over principle, power over meekness, the quick… — Ravi Zacharias
An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful. — Thucydides
Being often with many leading politicians, I feel frustrated that they do not listen. They already know. They fully subscribed to the… — Vaclav Klaus
I wake up from dreams and go, 'Wow, put this down on paper.' The whole thing is strange. You hear the words,… — Michael Jackson
I’m just a person who wants to be honest and do good, make people happy and give them the greatest sense of… — Michael Jackson
People talk-- they sneer at escapism. Well, there are those of us who need it. — Piers Anthony
Imagination doesn’t just mean making things up. It means thinking things through, solving them, or hoping to do so, and being just… — Diana Wynne Jones
It's really fun to be in a film that's pure entertainment, that people want to go and see. I think, in the… — Sienna Miller
I've loved the escapism of being another person, slipping into another character for a little while — Jeri Ryan

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