A film should be somewhat personal. I think that whatever you create you have to be true to yourself and create something that feels right to you.
TOM FORDI probably do have an obsessive personality, but striving for perfection has served me well
More Tom Ford Quotes
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When the youth of America gets together, amazing things happen.
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I’m living the exact life I planned on living when I was five.
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I want to make beautiful clothes for women and men who appreciate detail and quality. The product must be the best but this is almost secondary to the service the customer will receive.
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I think that the older you get, the more you become your true, essential self. You find the things that make you happy. You whittle away the parts of yourself that mean less to you.
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Time and silence are the most luxurious things today.
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I find I can get so much done between midnight and 4 a.m. Everything is quiet, no one is disturbing me, and if I go to bed then, I just lie awake thinking of ideas. They are very creative hours for me. One night a week I crash out, though.
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Yes, I still take my baths all day long. They’re meditative. I have three a day.
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I don’t believe in playing around much with suit cuts. I like a fairly classic shape that gives a man strong shoulders, a fitted waist, and long legs. Classic simplicity always works.
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If I’m sending emails, and I get all wound up and stressed and don’t know what to do with myself for 20 minutes, I just go soak in hot water and lie there, thinking, ‘What should I do?’ So it’s meditative.
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Style for me is some one who figures out who they are. What works on them. What they feel good in and develops that. Develops their character. And the outer expression of their character is what is style.
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I’m very direct. I don’t have tantrums. I don’t yell or shout. I do expect an awful lot from my staff, but no more than I expect of myself.
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Only hire people you want to have dinner with.
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You know that only thing that has made the whole thing worthwhile has been those few times that I was able to truly connect with another person.
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France? I don’t want to be anti-French but there isn’t a more unattractive group of people on the streets.
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In another life I would love to be a cosmetic surgeon because it’s architectural. You know, you are trying to figure out where the seams go. Can I do it in one piece like Halston? Can you formaldehyde DNA?
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