Quotes by Anthony Michael Hall - Page 1

Movies are just ridiculously expensive.
Anthony Michael Hall / Actor
Expensive
Ridiculously
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Chicks cannot hold their smoke, dat's what it is.
Anthony Michael Hall / Actor
Chicks
Smoke
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There are people who do De Niro and Walken impersonations.
Anthony Michael Hall / Actor
De Niro
People
Niro
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A true friend is someone who says nice things behind your back.
Anthony Michael Hall / Actor
Inspiration
Nice
True Friend
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Cutting edge, breakthrough, television. That's what we want to do.
Anthony Michael Hall / Actor
Breakthrough
Cutting
Cutting Edge
Edge
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We have $70 and a pair of girl's underpants. We're safe as kittens.
Anthony Michael Hall / Actor
Girl
Money
Safe
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First of all, it was in my contract. I knew I would be directing an episode.
Anthony Michael Hall / Actor
Episodes
Firsts
Would Be
Contract
Directing
Episode
First Of All
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We don't want to show our hand to the fan base or give up too much too early.
Anthony Michael Hall / Actor
Base
Fan Base
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You have film actors doing TV, rap stars doing TV, with everyone kind of crossing the line.
Anthony Michael Hall / Actor
Crossing The Line
Film Actors
Rap
Stars
Crossing
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Why are you messing with the fantasy? We know about the reality. Don't ruin the fantasy, OK?
Anthony Michael Hall / Actor
Fantasy
Reality
Ruins
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Well, I've just gotten accustomed to just being in Canada for five and a half months a year.
Anthony Michael Hall / Actor
Accustomed
Canada
Half
Months
Years
Gotten
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I think my favorite, and Coppola and that whole thing. East coast Italian directors I guess.
Anthony Michael Hall / Actor
Easter
Coast
East
East Coast
Italian
Thinking
Coppola
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You want to do work that is remembered, you want to be a part of something that's remembered.
Anthony Michael Hall / Actor
Remembered
Want
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I would say probably Pirates of Silicon Valley just because I'm proud of the work, playing Gates.
Anthony Michael Hall / Actor
Gates
Pirate
Proud
Silicon
Silicon Valley
Valleys
Pirates
Valley
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I think that obstacles lead to growth and ultimately, the most learning I've done in my life is between jobs.
Anthony Michael Hall / Actor
Jobs
Growth
Obstacles
Thinking
Life Learning My Life
Ultimately
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Like any show, I think some episodes are going to be stronger than others, but I think it's a good show that people enjoy and I hear the reactions too.
Anthony Michael Hall / Actor
Episodes
Reactions
Stronger
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years later, it's all the TV stars with the film deals, whether it's the cast of Friends or That '70s Show now with Ashton and other people doing stuff.
Anthony Michael Hall / Actor
People
Stars
Years
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15 years later, it's all the TV stars with the film deals, whether it's the cast of Friends or That '70s Show now with Ashton and other people doing stuff.
Anthony Michael Hall / Actor
Deals
Stars
People Doing Now
Cast
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I think the obvious answer is I was raised in New York City, so growing up, not only myself but my family, like my father, we would watch a lot of Scorsese films.
Anthony Michael Hall / Actor
New York
Father
Growing Up
New York City
Obvious
Raised
Scorsese
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It's funny, like 15 years ago when I was a kid doing all the John Hughes movies, I remember Bruce Willis was the only guy who was transitioning from television into film.
Anthony Michael Hall / Actor
Kids
Guy
Years
Years Ago
Bruce
Hughes
John
Transitioning
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That, we encourage, and I think we're doing a pretty good job with the website and also the DVD, like the first season came out and the second season's being prepared now.
Anthony Michael Hall / Actor
Encouragement
Jobs
Dvds
Good Job
Prepared
Thinking
Website
Being Prepared
Good Doing Job
Pretty Good
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I mean, before this, I would have said playing Bill Gates, because I'm playing someone obviously who is alive and is the richest man in the world. That was a heavy responsibility.
Anthony Michael Hall / Actor
Men
Alive
Gates
Heavy
Mean
Responsibility
Bill
Bill Gates
Obviously
Richest
Richest Man
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There've been many a season where I couldn't get work, and I think that you learn character development and you learn how to really want what you do in life when you can't really do it.
Anthony Michael Hall / Actor
Character
Character Development
Development
Thinking
Life Work Where
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I think in both of those situations, it's important as an actor to learn, despite the success I had as a kid, that it's important to understand what it means to be a small fish in a big pond.
Anthony Michael Hall / Actor
Success
Congratulations
Despite
Mean
Small Fish
Fish
Pond
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Well, I've learned something from Michael Robison just about maximizing your shots. For example, if I'm shooting a scene and someone's driving at the wheel, you could steal an insert in the same shot.
Anthony Michael Hall / Actor
Example
Insert
Maximizing
Scene
Shooting
Wheels
Shot
Michael
For Example
Steal
Wheel
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So I think it's fair to say it's even more of a challenge for some of these actors that are coming up, because there's such a pressure to look good, to be sexy and be palatable to people on whatever level.
Anthony Michael Hall / Actor
Pressure
Sexy
Good Look People
Challenge
Fair
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Obviously with the onset of cable and satellite, there are more opportunities for programming and original programming, so it creates more opportunities for actors and producers and directors and everything.
Anthony Michael Hall / Actor
Opportunity
Actors
Directors
Producers
Programming
Cable
Creates
Obviously
Opportunities
Satellite
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They all matter to me, whether I'm working on a Sam Jackson film for a week or I'm the star of my own TV series - I take it all very seriously, and I have a healthy respect for the work in general, despite the role.
Anthony Michael Hall / Actor
Healthy
Roles
Series
Stars
Tv Series
Work Respect Me
Jackson
Sam
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But on this show, it's a good question because in the 35 shows that we've done now, I've really made a consistent effort to really shadow the directors because in many ways they have to be more prepared than feature directors.
Anthony Michael Hall / Actor
Consistent
Effort
Prepared
Shadow
Feature
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In the years since I worked with John Hughes, there were many years where I literally had hundred of doors slammed in my face because I wasn't that kid anymore, and I wasn't a character actor, and I wasn't a leading man, and I wasn't whatever Hollywood was looking for.
Anthony Michael Hall / Actor
Kids
Men
Character
Doors
Character Actor
Hughes
John
Leading
Leading Man
Literally
Slammed
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I think it's even harder because I think as always, Hollywood is sort of glamour central for the world, and the entire world looks to it for not only entertainment, but the whole idea of the youth factor and youth being sold to our culture via young actors and actresses.
Anthony Michael Hall / Actor
Glamour
Harder
Ideas
Style
Thinking
Young Actors
Central
Youth Culture World
Entire World
Factor
Sold
Via
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