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Sean Penn has never become the lighter, laughing guy. Elvis Mitchell
Become Laughing Penn Guy Never Lighter Sean Sean Penn
Inarritu's own nomination for Best Director for 'Babel' was the first such honor for a Mexican director. Elvis Mitchell
Best Director Honor First Own Nomination Mexican Babel
Do you remember where you were when Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett died? Elvis Mitchell
You Remember Were Michael Michael Jackson Jackson Died Where
It's true that a smile can take years off a person - not that such a thing matters in Yoko Ono's case. Elvis Mitchell
Smile Matters Case Take True Years Off Person Such A Thing Thing
I think there are some people who have this thing where, from the very beginning, some part of them rejects convention. Elvis Mitchell
People Some People Beginning Think Some Part Very Where Convention Them Who Thing Rejects
In the early '60s, it was still a fairly subversive thing, though, to say that you should take a painting, cut it, set it on fire, step on it, hammer nails into it. Elvis Mitchell
You Fire Painting Say Though Take Step Nails Fairly Still Hammer Subversive Cut Should Thing Early Set
For years, Ono's work - musical and otherwise - was, in large part, dismissed and derided; at best, it was often misunderstood. Elvis Mitchell
Work Best Otherwise Musical Part Misunderstood Years Often Dismissed Large Large Part
Given how unflinching his productions have been, the 44-year-old McQueen is remarkably gentle and thoughtful - so much so that he will request a moment to consider a question, and turn it around in his head to get the shape and weight of it, before answering, occasionally with an excited rush of words in response. Elvis Mitchell
Words Will Before Consider Thoughtful Response Rush Given Remarkably Shape Weight He Excited Head Occasionally Gentle Around How Answering Been His Question Get McQueen Turn Request Much Productions Moment
People can be incredibly proprietary about Superman. They think that the character belongs to them. Elvis Mitchell
Character People Superman Think Incredibly About Proprietary Them Belongs
One thing that I've noticed about big families is that they usually break down into two camps: the talkers and the watchers. Elvis Mitchell
Big Down One Thing About Talkers Camps Families Break Noticed Thing Two
Theron says that she was intrigued by the psychological demands of the material in playing the complicated 'Queen Ravenna', and Stewart's performance as 'Snow White', the fairest of them all, in her first action-heroine role, kept her literally in constant motion. Elvis Mitchell
Queen Complicated First White Says Intrigued Constant Performance Demands Fairest She Material Motion Role Snow Snow White Literally Psychological Them Her Playing Kept
'Ravenna' is, in many ways, the ultimate example of how a woman's perception of herself can lead to this horrible road being taken. Elvis Mitchell
Woman Example Perception Herself Ways Horrible Lead Taken Road How Ultimate Being Many
If you start off as a fearsome figure in pop culture, it's almost axiomatic that at some point, years under the lights softens you into a cuddly family figure. Elvis Mitchell
Family You Culture Some Fearsome Point Almost Lights Cuddly Years Off Pop Pop Culture Figure Start
Ice Cube went straight outta Compton to hearing, 'Are we there yet?' Eddie Murphy blew up striding across the stage in a red leather ensemble that would have made Elvis Presley chuckle, yet is probably best known to anyone born in the 21st century as the overly chatty donkey from 'Shrek.' Elvis Mitchell
Best Made Stage Chuckle Elvis Elvis Presley Ensemble Would Born Red Blew Eddie Eddie Murphy Known Cube Leather Overly Hearing Up Donkey Anyone Ice Ice Cube Straight Century Across Shrek Murphy
Berry was a transitional and, to my mind, revolutionary black figure who had to find a place for the rage that the crucible of racism created. Elvis Mitchell
Racism Mind Black Rage Berry Find Crucible Had Revolutionary Place Transitional Created Figure Who
LACMA has the imprimatur of art, and that's a big leg up. Elvis Mitchell
Art Big Up Leg
I've been cheered by the reaction to what I've done with Film Independent at LACMA and the organizational support I've received in pursuing it. Elvis Mitchell
Independent Pursuing Support Reaction Been Done Organizational Film Received
I'm honored to be asked by Stephanie Allain - whom I've long admired - to add to the scope of my programming purview at Film Independent. I salute David Ansen for his work with the festival and look forward to continuing to follow his example. Elvis Mitchell
Work Example Long Programming Add Honored Independent Admired Follow David Look Continuing His Scope Festival Salute Asked Forward Whom Film
My first paying job in Los Angeles was taking tickets at the Bing under Ron Haver. Elvis Mitchell
Job First Angeles Taking Tickets Los Los Angeles Ron Paying Bing
The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working. Ernest Newman
Work Great Composer Inspired He Because Becomes Does Working Set
The higher the voice the smaller the intellect. Ernest Newman
Intelligence Voice Higher Smaller Intellect
The two World Wars came in part, like much modern literature and art, because men, whose nature is to tire of everything in turn... tired of common sense and civilization. F. L. Lucas
Art Nature Tired World Men Sense Everything Civilization Part Like Because Came Modern Common Tire Literature Common Sense Turn Much Wars Whose Two World Wars
And how is clarity to be achieved? Mainly by taking trouble and by writing to serve people rather than to impress them. F. L. Lucas
People Writing Trouble Impress Clarity Rather Mainly Taking How Than Achieved Them Serve
Apart from a few simple principles, the sound and rhythm of English prose seem to me matters where both writers and readers should trust not so much to rules as to their ears. F. L. Lucas
Me Trust Simple Matters Few Ears Rules Seem Both Writers Prose Principles Readers Sound Where Rhythm Apart Much Should English
Most style is not honest enough. F. L. Lucas
Style Enough Most Honest
Poetry had far better imply things than preach them directly... in the open pulpit her voice grows hoarse and fails. F. L. Lucas
Better Preach Pulpit Voice Directly Poetry Open Had Fails Imply Than Them Far Grows Her Things
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