Eric Stoltz Quotes

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• Let's not kid ourselves here, robots already run most of our world. We'll be their butlers soon enough.

  Eric Stoltz

  Running, Kids, Our World

  "Eric Stoltz: 'I felt really great after I lost my mobile phone'". Interview with Stuart O'Connor, www.theguardian.com. January 14, 2011.

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• My parents moved to American Samoa when I was three or four years old. My dad was principal of a high school there. It was idyllic for a kid. I had a whole island for a backyard. I lived there until I was eight years old and we moved to Santa Barbara.

  Eric Stoltz

  Dad, School, Kids

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I've been pretty lucky - or slothful - in that I've never been a "career builder," I take the jobs that come along that feel right, and that's left me fairly open to all genres, really. But with "Caprica," the complex, dark and very smart script was the draw.

  Eric Stoltz

  Jobs, Smart, Dark

  "'Caprica': It's back, and so is Eric Stoltz". Interview with Jevon Phillips, latimesblogs.latimes.com. January 22, 2010.

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• I'm a gentleman, if nothing else. It's taken me years to become one, but finally I have a sense of propriety.

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  Taken, Years, Gentleman

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• I'm not sure who's right, who's wrong, but it doesn't matter. Sometimes you just have to do what you're told. That's who we are!

  Eric Stoltz

  Who We Are, Matter, Sometimes

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• I have a love/hate relationship with just about all technology in my life. My first typewriter in particular. I had a helluva time putting new ribbon on it.

  Eric Stoltz

  Hate, Technology, Typewriters

  "Eric Stoltz: 'I felt really great after I lost my mobile phone'". Interview with Stuart O'Connor, January 14, 2011.

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• When you're in a movie, they treat you like you're four years old and give you whatever you want. On some level it's really wonderful and gratifying, but on another level it's rather disturbing. I'm sure you've spoken to movie stars and wondered: How do these people survive without babysitters?

  Eric Stoltz

  Stars, Years, People

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• I'm interested in doing movies I wouldn't normally be interested in doing.

  Eric Stoltz

  Movie

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My perfect day is constantly changing. Right now, it would be to lie around in a hammock reading with a portable phone and a table of food next to it. I would spend all day there. And that's all that I can possibly come up with on the spur of the moment.

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  Lying, Reading, Phones

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• It's hard not to get a big head in the film industry, there are people on a set paid to cater to your every need, from the minute you arrive until you go home. It's kind of strange, but not unpleasant.

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  Home, People, Needs

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• It seems I have a hard time being attracted to someone unless I respect what they do on some level. Otherwise, I would feel disdain for them. Which is not always pleasant in a relationship. Sometimes it's fun though.

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  Fun, Hard Times, Levels

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• I know a lot of writers who would much rather be writing the Great American Novel, but they've got bills to pay and alimony, and so they take a job at a less-than-reputable paper. You know, you do what you gotta do.

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  Jobs, Writing, Paper

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• I don't want to see the zipper in the back of the monster suit. Like everybody else who goes to the movies, I want to believe the monster is real.

  Eric Stoltz

  Real, Believe, Zippers

  Biography/Person Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think violence, cynicism, brutality and fashion are the staples of our diet. I think in the grand history of story-telling, going back to people sitting around fires, the dark side of human nature has always been very important. Movies are part of that tradition.

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  Fashion, Dark, Thinking

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• TV, in particular cable channels, has assumed the role of independent film.

  Eric Stoltz

  Independent, Tvs, Roles

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• If Plato is a fine red wine, then Aristotle is a dry martini.

  Eric Stoltz

  Plato, Wine, Dry

  "Fictional character: Chet". "Kicking and Screaming", www.imdb.com. 1995.

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• Things happen to everybody in the course of a lifetime. Relationships end, people die, tragedy befalls everyone. So everyone has this wealth of experience, and the older you are the more you have to draw on.

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  People, Tragedy, Relationships Ending

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• Recently I was directing an episode of 'Glee' and I lost my cell phone - and I didn't have time to buy a new one for three weeks. Well, the first few days I was anxious as hell, suffered the delirium tremens, didn't think I could make it through, etc. Then something kind of curious happened - I began to feel great.

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  Thinking, Phones, Cells

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• But I've always felt that the less you know about an actor's personal life, the more you can get involved in the story in which he's playing a character. And I don't like to see movies where you know about everything that happens behind the scenes. I can't engage in the story if I know what's going on in the actor's head.

  Eric Stoltz

  Character, Stories, Actors

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I've been directing more and more the last few years, I find it an enjoyable challenge.

  Eric Stoltz

  Years, Challenges, Lasts

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• To this day I over prepare. I draw storyboards for every scene - chicken scratches so crude that they amuse and horrify the crew. I send out shot lists, act out the scenes, and search for a theme that I can relate to. It's my favorite time of the process.

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  Scratches, Lists, My Favorite

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• I think I'm wealthy. I make a good living for what I do. Well, it depends. If I'm doing an independent film I'm making no money - probably losing money. But if I'm doing a studio film, I'll make a decent wage. I can live for a year without working.

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  Independent, Thinking, Years

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• I studied piano for many years, and I still play. I'm a complete amateur, and I wouldn't consider myself very good at all, but I enjoy it.

  Eric Stoltz

  Years, Play, Piano

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• I consider myself a very lucky man indeed.

  Eric Stoltz

  Men, Lucky, Lucky Man

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• I realize I'm a very lucky man. I love what I do, I love films, TV and theater, and the fact that I'm able to make a living at it staggers me.

  Eric Stoltz

  Men, Able, Facts

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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