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Tim Blake Nelson Quotes
Tim Blake Nelson Quotes
Tim Blake Nelson
American
Director
Born:
May 11
,
1964
About
Grass
Life
Live
My Life
Writing
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Drama and comedy, to me, are all about being surprising, coherent, and true, all at once.
Tim Blake Nelson
Me
Comedy
Drama
Once
About
True
Surprising
Being
Coherent
When I'm in a movie, what I always do, instead of sitting in a trailer or watching a DVD, is I go on the set and watch the director work and the actors work, and sometimes I'll hang out with B camera and watch what they're up to and ask questions because there's so much to learn about the medium.
Tim Blake Nelson
Work
Director
Sometimes
Medium
Out
About
Instead
Learn
Because
Always
Go
Camera
Questions
Trailer
Up
Sitting
Hang
Movie
Ask
Much
Actor
Watch
Watching
Set
I love writing about Oklahoma. I love writing Oklahoma characters; I love playing Southwestern characters.
Tim Blake Nelson
Love
Writing
Oklahoma
Characters
About
Playing
I tried to film 'Leaves of Grass' in Oklahoma, but it was literally about a million dollars less to shoot in Louisiana.
Tim Blake Nelson
Grass
Oklahoma
Tried
About
Leaves
Dollars
Louisiana
Shoot
Literally
Less
Film
Million
Million Dollars
I frankly encountered more anti-Semitism in the northeast than I did in Oklahoma, but not much either place. Anti-Semitism is not part of my life.
Tim Blake Nelson
Life
My Life
Anti-Semitism
Oklahoma
Frankly
More
Part
Encountered
Than
Did
Northeast
Either
Place
Much
I wanted to get the most broad foundation for a lifelong education that I could find, and that was studying Latin and the classics. Meaning Roman and Greek history and philosophy and ancient civilizations.
Tim Blake Nelson
Education
History
Broad
Philosophy
Latin
Ancient
Find
Classics
Civilizations
Could
Lifelong
Studying
Most
Greek
Get
Roman
Wanted
Meaning
Foundation
I am not a natural singer, but I can sing, and probably the way I sing is more imitative than from myself, which is why I am never going to be an amazing recording artist.
Tim Blake Nelson
Myself
Natural
Amazing
Recording
Imitative
Way
More
Recording Artist
Never
Sing
Singer
Am
Than
Artist
Going
Which
Why
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