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The successful pilots succeeded because they did not open fire until they were close to the target. ”
Being prime minister is not a job to be performed with an eye for the exit. ”
I wanted to be a writer-performer like the Pythons. In fact, I wanted to be John Cleese, and it took me some time to realise that the job was, in fact, taken. ”
Making modern games funny would be easy as pie if it was anybody's goal to actually make a funny game. ”
Am I going to be good enough, because I don't have head-coaching experience outside of high school football? I've been around a lot of great head coaches in my career, but you begin to doubt. And, for me, it was the doubt of, 'Are the players going to believe me?' ”
I know how to make stuff happen, how to create wealth, create jobs, create investment. ”
I think when the United States of America put a man on the moon in 1969, that was one of the greatest accomplishments mankind has ever done. ”
When I set out to make 'Bourne Identity,' my main goal for the franchise was to create something where it feels like you're in the action. You're not just passively watching it from far away. That's something that I have constantly aspired to do - even in 'Swingers,' to feel like you're Jon Favreau; you're not just watching him. ”
Establishing goals is all right if you don't let them deprive you of interesting detours. ”
When you're on camera, even though you try to lose yourself in the character, you are aware that there is a camera there capturing every moment of it visually. With doing a voiceover job, you are worried about the sound of it, and you have to make all those visual colors come out with your sound. ”