I believe you make your day. You make your life. So much of it is all perception, and this is the form that I built for myself. I have to accept it and work within those compounds, and it’s up to me.
BRAD PITTSo much of making movies is about discovery on the day, what you’re figuring out. If you know everything going in, then it’s not worth doing – it’s already done. I’m interested in finding people who I think have a voice – and a very specific voice.
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Stop being perfect, because obsessing over being perfect stops you from growing.
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I haven’t known life to be any happier.
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I don’t want to die without scars.
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The best moments can’t be preconceived. I’ve spent a lot of time in editing rooms, and a scene can be technically perfect, with perfect delivery and facial expression and timing, and you remember all your lines, and it is dead.
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My happiest moment is the day they call wrap and I’m free. I’m not looking back.
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There’s peace in understanding that I have only one life, here and now, and I’m responsible.
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No more excuses. I can’t blame anything on my parents. I’m responsible for my mistakes and my choices.
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I had a friend who worked at a hospice, and he said people in their final moments don’t discuss their successes, awards or what books they wrote or what they accomplished. They only talk about their loves and their regrets, and I think that’s very telling.
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I don’t feel restless, I just like to travel.
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There’s no right. There’s no wrong. There’s only popular opinion.
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I embrace the messiness of life. I find it so beautiful actually.
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So much of making movies is about discovery on the day, what you’re figuring out. If you know everything going in, then it’s not worth doing – it’s already done. I’m interested in finding people who I think have a voice – and a very specific voice.
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America is not a country, it’s a business.
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Democracy doesn’t work unless people are well informed, and I don’t know that we are. People just don’t have the time. Most people’s daily lives are just about surviving. Most people don’t have time to really study crucial issues.
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I’m actually very snobbish about directors. I have to say no all the time. ‘No’ is the most powerful word in our business. You’ve got to protect yourself… To leave home, it’s got to be worth leaving. It’s got to be worth it.
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