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Nicholas Meyer Quotes

I think that the reason that people are so up in arms about movies that have historical inaccuracies is because now that we’ve trashed our education institutions beyond repair, people fear that the only people are getting their histories is through the movies, so the elephant in the room is that no one wants to talk about why we’re so passionately obsessed with accuracy Picture Quote #1

The naive thing I suppose is simply that we thought, in the words of Francis Fukuyama, that we had reached the end of history and we were entering a brave new world minus the Soviet Union where everything was going to be peaches and cream Picture Quote #1

In fact, we’ve entered a world which is arguably much more dangerous than [being] eyeball to eyeball with the USSR Picture Quote #1

The truth is that I used to read J.J. bedtime stories. He came up to me at the FOX commissary about four years ago and he said, Do you remember what you gave me for my Barmitzvah? I said no. He said, You gave me the annotated Sherlock Holmes and my son is reading it now. It was the gift that kept on giving Picture Quote #1

The director is a bit analogous to the conductor of a symphony orchestra. It’s a collaborative adventure Picture Quote #1

A screenplay is not a finished product; a novel is. A screenplay is a blueprint for something - for a building that will most likely never be built Picture Quote #1

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Sure you can; the only question is whether you do it well Picture Quote #1

Audiences may be stupid, but they are never wrong Picture Quote #1

Art and commerce are not irreconciliable, they are inextricably intertwined Picture Quote #1

Art doesn’t just happen by accident. It is about pulling out new tricks and trying new things Picture Quote #1

Actors will change their face, will change their hair, will change their voice, will disappear into the role. A movie star doesn’t disappear Picture Quote #1

No rock and roll ensemble, however inspired, can deliver the kind of musical variety obtainable with the resources of 110 instruments Picture Quote #1

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What’s the difference between and actor and a movie star. An actor is someone who pretends to be somebody else. A movie star is somebody who pretends that somebody else is them Picture Quote #1

If you look at the heroes of antiquity and myth, they all have flaws. It’s something that they have to overcome; their flaws are something that they have to act in spite of. The challenge is not to defy your fate, but to endure it. That is heroic Picture Quote #1

Schools and libraries are the twin cornerstones of a civilized society. Libraries are only good if people use them, like books only exist when someone reads them Picture Quote #1

I was always a filmmaker before I was anything else. If I was always anything, I was a storyteller, and it never really made much of a difference to me what medium I worked in Picture Quote #1

As a writer, you have control of the words you put on the page. But once that manuscript leaves your hand, you give control to the reader. As a director, you are limited by everything: weather, budget, and egos Picture Quote #1

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I think that the reason that people are so up in arms about movies that have historical inaccuracies is because now that we’ve trashed our education institutions beyond repair, people fear that the only people are getting their histories is through the movies, so the elephant in the room is that no one wants to talk about why we’re so passionately obsessed with accuracy. (Nicholas Meyer Quotes) The naive thing I suppose is simply that we thought, in the words of Francis Fukuyama, that we had reached the end of history and we were entering a brave new world minus the Soviet Union where everything was going to be peaches and cream. (Nicholas Meyer Quotes) In fact, we’ve entered a world which is arguably much more dangerous than [being] eyeball to eyeball with the USSR. (Nicholas Meyer Quotes) The truth is that I used to read J.J. bedtime stories. He came up to me at the FOX commissary about four years ago and he said, Do you remember what you gave me for my Barmitzvah? I said no. He said, You gave me the annotated Sherlock Holmes and my son is reading it now. It was the gift that kept on giving. (Nicholas Meyer Quotes) The director is a bit analogous to the conductor of a symphony orchestra. It’s a collaborative adventure (Nicholas Meyer Quotes) A screenplay is not a finished product; a novel is. A screenplay is a blueprint for something - for a building that will most likely never be built (Nicholas Meyer Quotes) Sure you can; the only question is whether you do it well (Nicholas Meyer Quotes) Audiences may be stupid, but they are never wrong (Nicholas Meyer Quotes) Art and commerce are not irreconciliable, they are inextricably intertwined (Nicholas Meyer Quotes) Art doesn’t just happen by accident. It is about pulling out new tricks and trying new things (Nicholas Meyer Quotes) Actors will change their face, will change their hair, will change their voice, will disappear into the role. A movie star doesn’t disappear (Nicholas Meyer Quotes) No rock and roll ensemble, however inspired, can deliver the kind of musical variety obtainable with the resources of 110 instruments (Nicholas Meyer Quotes) What’s the difference between and actor and a movie star. An actor is someone who pretends to be somebody else. A movie star is somebody who pretends that somebody else is them (Nicholas Meyer Quotes) If you look at the heroes of antiquity and myth, they all have flaws. It’s something that they have to overcome; their flaws are something that they have to act in spite of. The challenge is not to defy your fate, but to endure it. That is heroic (Nicholas Meyer Quotes) Schools and libraries are the twin cornerstones of a civilized society. Libraries are only good if people use them, like books only exist when someone reads them (Nicholas Meyer Quotes) I was always a filmmaker before I was anything else. If I was always anything, I was a storyteller, and it never really made much of a difference to me what medium I worked in (Nicholas Meyer Quotes) As a writer, you have control of the words you put on the page. But once that manuscript leaves your hand, you give control to the reader. As a director, you are limited by everything: weather, budget, and egos (Nicholas Meyer Quotes)