Josh Radnor Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“I like movies that are about real people in real time with real problems.”
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“I love watching all sorts of different types of movies, but that doesn't mean they're necessarily movies I want to be making. I'm not sitting around saying, "Man, I'd really love to direct a western." That's just not something I'm probably going to do. But, I'm just looking to work on things that both feel professionally exciting and personally relevant.”
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“In college, you're kind of designing who you want to be. And I wanted to be a big reader.”
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“Each film is difficult, in its own particular way. There's a unique set of challenges on every movie.”
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“It really shocks me when I encounter people who think kindness doesn't matter. Because I think it's pretty much the only thing that matters.”
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“There's something touching about a kid who's reading a book that's printed on actual paper. I think that anything that kids start reading, within reason, can lead to other discoveries.”
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“I care about reading, a lot. It's a big part of my life.”
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“One thing I'm most proud of, in my movies, is that I think the performances are super-strong, but that's not all me. I think part of it is casting appropriately.”
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“I kicked college nostalgia in my late 20s. As much as I loved college and treasure the memories, I no longer want to go back.”
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“My film school is making movies. But, I do think that being an actor has served me immensely, as both a writer and director, in terms of knowing what is playable and what will be fun to play, for actors, and also how to communicate to actors on set, and not screw them up and get them in their head.”
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“Even though I occasionally appear on it, I don't watch television.”
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“When I'm working, it's great. When I'm not working, it's great.”
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“Here's the problem: I don't like who I've become when my iPhone is within reach. I find myself checking e-mails and responding to texts throughout the day with some kind of Pavlovian ferocity - it's not a conscious act, but a reflexive one.”
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“One of the secrets to life is saying yes to change and allowing things to transition, but I also think you have to mark the time and give thanks for all that it gave you.”
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“It's not our job to play judge and jury, to determine who is worthy of our kindness and who is not. We just need to be kind, unconditionally and without ulterior motive, even - or rather, especially - when we'd prefer not to be.”
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“I don't love large groups of men. I've always felt like something terrible could happen when there were no women. If there are women around, it feels like there's less of a chance that anyone will get stabbed.”
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“It's hard to explaining exactly what happened, but I felt in that moment that the divine, however we may choose to define such a thing, surely dwells as much in the concrete and taxi cabs as it does in the rivers, lakes, and mountains. Grace, I realized, is neither time nor place dependent. All we need is the right soundtrack.”
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“I feel comfortable with women. I have two sisters, so I grew up in a female-dominated environment.”
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“Film allows me to ask some really big questions with the time to explore them deeply. I love the form.”
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“I really like to travel when I write. Something about seeing new things and being in new cultures and environments provokes new thoughts in your head.”
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“I actually have a thing about proper nouns. They clang on my ear in a weird way when I hear them dropped into movies.”
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“All of the things I used to obsess over, I'm no longer as obsessed with. I have new concerns but they're a little more existential or cosmic.”
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“I haven't left the house without a packet of Kleenex in my back pocket for as long as I can remember. Whenever I start thinking I'm incredibly cool, the packet of Kleenex in my back pocket brings me right back down to earth.”
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“I went through this very serious Woody Allen phase in college and a little bit after college. I still see his movies.”
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“An obsessive attention to the news, I've realized, only serves to paint a picture of the world as a throbbing blob of dysfunction, most news falling somewhere on a scale from disappointing to calamitous.”
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“Cynicism is kind of like folding your arms and stepping back and commenting on things, like the old guys in 'The Muppets,' just throwing out comments all the time, whereas there are other people on the ground really trying to affect things and improve their lives and the lives of other people. I think it's noble and I think it's cool.”
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“Kindness is not about instant gratification. More often, it's akin to a low-risk investment that appreciates steadily over time.”
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“To write a story about New York that only deals with people in your age and socioeconomic bracket, that feels dishonest to me. So much of New York comes from everyone bumping into each other.”
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“It never made sense to me that someone would achieve any kind of success in show business, only to become a jerk.”
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“No matter how dark things may get in a story, I feel it's the responsibility of the storyteller to leave the audience with at least a shred of hope.”
-- Josh Radnor
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