Genre Quotes - Page 30

• My theory on genre is that while there are people out there who believe that genre tells people what to read, actually I believe that genre exists as a marketing tool to tell you what to avoid.

  Neil Gaiman

  Believe, Genre Is, People

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• A snappy label and a manifesto would have been two of the very last things on my own career want list. That label enabled mainstream science fiction to safely assimilate our dissident influence, such as it was. Cyberpunk could then be embraced and given prizes and patted on the head, and genre science fiction could continue unchanged.

  William Gibson

  Careers, Two, Labels

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• I love horror movies in space. I love it when the genre switches over and what was sci-fi becomes horror.

  Kirk Hammett

  Space, Horror, Sci Fi

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• I hope that I can make good music out of whatever genre I go into. Just to prove to myself that I can.

  Herbie Hancock

  Prove, I Can

  Interview With Stefan Hentz, www.londonjazznews.com. August 2, 2010.

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• I like the idea of an eclectic approach, incorporating jazz with other forms and other genres of music.

  Herbie Hancock

  Ideas, Jazz, Genres Of Music

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• As a European filmmaker, you can not make a genre film seriously. You can only make a parody.

  Michael Haneke

  Film, Parody, Can Not

  "Decade: Michael Haneke Talks 'Code Inconnu' and 'The Piano Teacher'". www.indiewire.com. December 8, 2009.

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• Hip-hop is a beautiful thing. I think that the music genre itself has created more millionaires than any other music genre before it, especially in our community.

  Steve Harvey

  Beautiful, Thinking, Hip Hop

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• One of the things that separates a good genre movie from a bad genre movie, I always think, ironically, is when you care about the people. The dime a dozen ones are where you don't have any awareness of the character.

  Ethan Hawke

  Character, Thinking, People

  "Ethan Hawke talks Daybreakers!". www.geekscape.net. January 06, 2010.

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• 'New' movies are almost always hipper, faster, they mix genres aggressively, they smother their genre origins in new form, there are fewer of them, and they tend to cost a lot more money because you usually make more money on the megahit than you do on the steady progression of break-eveners. Except for the horror movie.

  Stephen Hunter

  Cost, Horror, Progression

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• It's cool to play a vampire and be a part of this new, hot genre.

  Josh Hutcherson

  Play, Vampire, Hot

  "Josh Hutcherson Dishes on the Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant". Seventeen Magazine Interview, www.seventeen.com. October 21, 2009.

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• I see my music as Emotional Therapeutic Pop music that bleeds into loads of different genres.

  Jessie J

  Emotional, Different, Pops

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

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• To make films like 'X-Men' work commercially - and also have some class - is one of the hardest things there is to do. I want to be seen to be able to cross lots of genres and still be 'fair dinkum,' as we say in Australia, which means genuine and true and, well, unique.

  Hugh Jackman

  Mean, Unique, Men

  "Hugh Jackman's Essential Truth". parade.com. April 26, 2009.

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• One of the mistakes I made was believing that the rock 'n' roll genre as a genre was much more free than the whole pop or R&B scene.

  Joan Jett

  Mistake, Believe, Rocks

  "With her new album and L.A. acclaim, Former Runaway Joan Jett proves she never left". Interview with Evelyn McDonnell, articles.latimes.com. October 26, 2013.

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• I'm a big fan of certain new acts. I love any genre of music, and I think it's really great to see that there are new artists coming through. It's kinda funny to think that I'm like the old man on campus now. But I'm really happy for groups like One Direction. I think they're really good guys.

  Joe Jonas

  Artist, Men, Thinking

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• I want to play a variety of different characters in different genres of film.

  Victoria Justice

  Character, Play, Different

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• What I'd really like to write is a romantic comedy. This is my favorite kind of movie. I feel almost embarrassed revealing this, because the genre has been so degraded in the past twenty years that saying you like romantic comedies is essentially an admission of mild stupidity.

  Mindy Kaling

  Romantic, Writing, Past

  "Flick Chicks" by Mindy Kaling, www.newyorker.com. October 3, 2011.

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• The failures of other genres to provide an emotional connection with some of their characters and narratives gives memoir a toehold.

  Mary Karr

  Character, Emotional, Giving

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• I don't write genre stuff in any form. I'm not interested in it. I always try to do the opposite of that.

  Charlie Kaufman

  Writing, Opposites, Trying

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• Unless a Western's made money - doesn't matter who made the money, doesn't matter what the subject is - if the last one didn't make any money, you can't make another one for a four-year period. Westerns more than any genre.

  Val Kilmer

  Years, Four, Matter

  "The only other guy I've kissed was Colin Farrell, and Robert was ... better" by Laura Barton, www.theguardian.com. November 10, 2005.

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• My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.

  K. D. Lang

  Appreciation, Voice, Style

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• I really want to do a western film. It's one of my favorite movie genres of all time.

  Denis Leary

  Want, Film, My Favorite

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• Usually with this genre the first thing that happens is a good fight sequence to show that you're in good hands. So we broke that rule. I think a lot of that comes from the western audience.

  Ang Lee

  Fighting, Thinking, Hands

  "Ang Lee and James Schamus". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 2000.

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• I love music, of course, and many, many, many genres. There are hardly any songs I would say that I hate. There's a couple, and I don't even know exactly why I don't like them.

  David Lynch

  Song, Couple, Hate

  "David Lynch on why he hates 'It's A Small World'". Interview With Drew Fortune, music.avclub.com. July 17, 2013.

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• I just know that I'm a fan of all different kinds of genres. You're supposed to be free doing music, and that's how I feel.

  Bruno Mars

  Fans, Different, Kind

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• I have always regarded historical fiction and fantasy as sisters under the skin, two genres separated at birth.

  George R. R. Martin

  Two, Historical, Skins

  "George R.R. Martin’s Inspiration For ‘A Game Of Thrones’" by George R.R. Martin, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 26, 2013.

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