Peter Hedges quotes
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“GOOD AS NEW was born out of the idea of writing a play where the stakes were high and the collisions were of a verbal nature. Also I wanted to write a play where people were smarter than I was, and more alive than I feel normally. I became interested in the idea of characters who would surprise me. I guess one could argue that nothing comes out of you that wasn't within you to begin with, but maybe there are ways to trick yourself into becoming more an observer or an advocate for the characters.”
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“In a cement park across the street is this giant sculpture. It is a giant umbrella frame lying on its side. It's green. Stand under it, during a rainstorm, you'll still get wet - that's why it's art.”
-- Peter HedgesSource : Peter Hedges (1999). “What's Eating Gilbert Grape”, p.158, Simon and Schuster
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“I would hope that people might view their fellow beings, all beings, with more empathy, more compassion, with a desire to understand. Even if they can't know why people are the way they are, to understand that they're probably that way for a good reason.”
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“There is nothing more depressing than toast that no one eats.”
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“People are usually pretty hungry after a funeral. I guess it's because we all realize that time is running out and we better eat all we can. Please don't mention that to my mother.”
-- Peter HedgesSource : Peter Hedges (1999). “What's Eating Gilbert Grape”, p.207, Simon and Schuster
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“I want to write stories that don't help you escape life, but embrace life.”
-- Peter HedgesSource : Source: www.aboutfilm.com
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“People love conversation, and movies are conversations, and an audience has to participate; it has to fill in some blanks.”
-- Peter HedgesSource : Source: www.aboutfilm.com
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“I don't want to write my life. I live my life. I want to make up a new world.”
-- Peter HedgesSource : Source: www.aboutfilm.com
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“I spent so many years trying to become an actor, trying to be a person that I wasn't.”
-- Peter HedgesSource : Source: www.aboutfilm.com
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“I want to make accessible movies for bright people, but I don't want to play games and be coy.”
-- Peter HedgesSource : Source: www.aboutfilm.com
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“My job as a dramatist is to find out where these characters want to go, and make it as hard as possible for them to get there.”
-- Peter HedgesSource : Source: www.aboutfilm.com
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“I've always written for actors, and if you want to write for good actors, you have to write parts that are surprising, that are human, and that allow them to go to a wide range of places.”
-- Peter HedgesSource : Source: www.aboutfilm.com
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“I can't stop terrorism; I can't cure cancer. But I can put some stories out there in their own quiet way that talk about tolerance.”
-- Peter HedgesSource : Source: www.aboutfilm.com
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“I think it's a fantastic thing to be alive.”
-- Peter HedgesSource : Source: www.aboutfilm.com
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“I learned early on that there are all sorts of stories I have no place telling.”
-- Peter HedgesSource : Source: www.aboutfilm.com
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“I've wanted to direct for a long time, but it had to be a story I wanted to tell. The writer's job is to find the story that he should tell.”
-- Peter HedgesSource : Source: www.aboutfilm.com
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“I don't know anything about directing, but if you love actors, know your story and hire a great company, then anyone can direct a film.”
-- Peter HedgesSource : Source: www.aboutfilm.com
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“The better the script, the less money there is. That's just the economics of the studio system.”
-- Peter HedgesSource : Source: www.aboutfilm.com
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