Quotes by Thomas Ian Nicholas - Page 1

If we replaced guns with guitars, then the world would be a concert
Thomas Ian Nicholas / Film Actor
Guitar
Gun
Would Be
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Usually, people write the characters into a box, and that's just not true to life.
Thomas Ian Nicholas / Film Actor
Life People True
Box
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Whenever I'm doing any film, I'm always just happy to have a job and I always just put 110% of myself into it.
Thomas Ian Nicholas / Film Actor
Jobs
Film
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I believe that creativity comes from compromise. If you could have everything you ever wanted, it doesn't always work.
Thomas Ian Nicholas / Film Actor
Believe
Compromise
Creativity
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Scheduling is always tough, no matter what the budget size is, and we had our own run-ins with that on 'Fading of the Cries.'
Thomas Ian Nicholas / Film Actor
Fading
Scheduling
Size
Tough
Budget
Cries
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Scheduling is always tough, no matter what the budget size is, and we had our own run-ins with that, on 'Fading of the Cries.'
Thomas Ian Nicholas / Film Actor
Running
Fading
Matter
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Making a movie is like getting married. You're like, "Am I going to marry this project? Am I ready for that kind of commitment?"
Thomas Ian Nicholas / Film Actor
Commitment
Kind
Married
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Surprise, surprise! I have a band! I'm really excited that we have a song on the soundtrack of 'American Reunion' for that very reason.
Thomas Ian Nicholas / Film Actor
Reunion
Surprise
Soundtrack
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I moved with my mom to Los Angeles for her to pursue her acting career, and she got a job casting atmosphere in some independent films.
Thomas Ian Nicholas / Film Actor
Jobs
Mom
Acting
Atmosphere
Casting
Independent
Los Angeles
Moved
Pursue
Acting Career
Angeles
Films
Independent Films
Los
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I didn't really have the entire high school experience. I've been working since I was six years old, so I didn't go to the classic high school.
Thomas Ian Nicholas / Film Actor
Classic
High School
School
Six
Six Year Olds
Years
Since
High
Working
Entire
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Everyone is a little bit more close-knit and you rely on people a little bit more. The bigger the budget gets, the more everyone toes the line in their department.
Thomas Ian Nicholas / Film Actor
Lines
Littles
People
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I don't like waiting around for work, and sometimes as an actor you're forced into that position, so that's sort of how I got into writing, producing and directing.
Thomas Ian Nicholas / Film Actor
Waiting
Directing
Forced
Producing
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I'm a big fan of character actors like Johnny Depp and Gary Oldman. My goal is to continue playing character roles in indie films and move into playing character leads.
Thomas Ian Nicholas / Film Actor
Gary
Big Fan
Character Roles
Depp
Gary Oldman
Johnny
Indie
Johnny Depp
Leads
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It's one of those things where people tell you that when you have kids it will change your perspective on life, and you're like, 'Yea, yea,' but then you really understand it when it happens to you.
Thomas Ian Nicholas / Film Actor
Perspective
Life Change People
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I studied technique for ten years, from age 7 to 17. I guess you could say I went more on the Stanislavski side than the Meisner side - there's always that wide divide among actors when it comes to technique.
Thomas Ian Nicholas / Film Actor
Technique
Wide
Divide
Ten Years
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There's something I really love about independent filmmaking. Everyone is a little bit more close-knit, and you rely on people a little bit more. The bigger the budget gets, the more everyone toes the line in their department.
Thomas Ian Nicholas / Film Actor
Department
Filmmaking
Rely
Toes
Budget
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I've been on, like, the forefront of social media. I run all my own pages, and this is back to MySpace and answering my own emails in, like, 2006. Even before that, I always had websites with emails that dropped directly to me.
Thomas Ian Nicholas / Film Actor
Pages
Social Media
Myspace
Answering
Social Media Me Media
Directly
Dropped
Emails
Forefront
Websites
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If I had 10 ideas and people said yes to all of them, half of them could be crap. But, if I've got 10 ideas and we really only have the budget for one of them, then we have to pick the best one that is our most creative element.
Thomas Ian Nicholas / Film Actor
Creative
Ideas
People
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Compromise is the key element. The more constraints you have, the more compromise you have to have. But, I personally believe that, when that happens, you have to get more creative, and you end up with something that is even better.
Thomas Ian Nicholas / Film Actor
Believe
Compromise
Constraints
Creative
Keys
Element
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For me, as an actor, the most challenging thing is creating the character in the beginning because you have to write their backstory. The easy part about doing a sequel is that you've done the film, so you already know their backstory.
Thomas Ian Nicholas / Film Actor
Character
Creating
Writing
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The bigger the budget, the more you can afford to compromise with Mother Nature. The smaller the budget, the more you're like, "Okay, well, we have to do this, but how can we afford to do it." That's when you have to get really creative on the business side, as far as making compromises.
Thomas Ian Nicholas / Film Actor
Creative
Mother
Sides
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When I was doing the first 'American Pie' movie, I was just happy to have a job. We had a good time, and it was a great group of people, but like any project that I've worked on in my career, you just put your best foot forward, and you're all working together to make the best movie possible.
Thomas Ian Nicholas / Film Actor
American Pie
Pie
Working Together
Time Best Good
Best Time Good
Foot
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Whenever I'm doing any film, there's always three different things. There's the script, which is really just a blueprint. And then, you shoot the movie and it's an entirely different experience than you would expect from reading the script. And then, there's the whole post process and the editing, and it becomes something else entirely.
Thomas Ian Nicholas / Film Actor
Different Experiences
Editing
Reading
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