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I have a lot of respect for p...

I have a lot of respect for people who are great at ad-libbing, and for writers and directors who are able to create a scene in which that works.

Aaron Sorkin 106 quotes

Humans know when it's not a g...

Humans know when it's not a good story. Unless you do this for a living, you may not know exactly why you don't like a story, but you can't fool an audience ever. They know when you have it and they know when you don't.

Aaron Sorkin 106 quotes

People who don't know anythin...

People who don't know anything tend to make up fake rules, the real rules being considerably more difficult to learn.

Aaron Sorkin 106 quotes

Tell me what you think and th...

Tell me what you think and then tell me what the really smart person in the room who disagrees with you thinks.

Aaron Sorkin 106 quotes

I love writing. I'm not parti...

I love writing. I'm not particularly comfortable in the actual world - I'm much more comfortable on the page. So if I could have a life where I could just slip the pages under the door and somebody would slip me a meal back, then that would be perfect for me.

Aaron Sorkin 106 quotes

Rule of storytelling: When a ...

Rule of storytelling: When a character is shoved against a wall, shove them against a wall harder.

Aaron Sorkin 106 quotes

You're going to fall down, bu...

You're going to fall down, but the world doesn't care how many times you fall down, as long as it's one fewer than the numbers of times you get back up.

Aaron Sorkin 106 quotes

We live in a world that has w...

We live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns.

Aaron Sorkin 106 quotes

Perhaps something like Facebo...

Perhaps something like Facebook couldn't have been invented by somebody who goes out five nights a week and has a ton of friends and makes friends really easily.

Aaron Sorkin 106 quotes

People don't live their lives...

People don't live their lives in a series of scenes that form a dramatic narrative, they don't speak in dialogue, they're not lit by a cinematographer or scored by a composer. The properties of real life and the properties of drama have almost nothing to do with each other. The difference between writing about reporters and being a reporter is the same as the difference between drawing a building and building a building.

Aaron Sorkin 106 quotes

The guy who wins the Oscar fo...

The guy who wins the Oscar for Best Actor has a much higher bar to clear than the woman who wins best actress.

Aaron Sorkin 106 quotes

Writing anything, it sorta st...

Writing anything, it sorta starts the way you'd build a castle at the beach. You're just taking your hands and you're mounting up sand.

Aaron Sorkin 106 quotes

I've never met anyone who has...

I've never met anyone who has said, "My goal is to make America mediocre." That's a kind of hard-right conservative fallacy.

Aaron Sorkin 106 quotes

Conflict, when used as a devi...

Conflict, when used as a device, makes for good television and bad journalism.

Aaron Sorkin 106 quotes

To use a basketball metaphor,...

To use a basketball metaphor, West Wing cast was a group that liked to pass as much as they liked to shoot.

Aaron Sorkin 106 quotes

When I feel that something I'...

When I feel that something I'm writing is going well, everything in my life is good and the things in my life that aren't good are completely manageable. If it's not going well, Miss America could be standing there in a swimsuit handing me a nobel price and I wouldn't be happy about it

Aaron Sorkin 106 quotes

Government should be a place ...

Government should be a place where people can come together, and no one gets left behind. No one…gets left behind. An instrument of good.

Aaron Sorkin 106 quotes

When you're writing a movie o...

When you're writing a movie or a play and writing isn't going well, which is for me the normal condition - it's an exceptional day when suddenly I've got something and it's going well - you can call the studio or the producer or whoever is waiting for it and say, "I know I said I was going to have it in by the end of the summer.

Aaron Sorkin 106 quotes

Stupid people surround themse...

Stupid people surround themselves with smart people. Smart people surround themselves with smart people who disagree with them.

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Don't ever forget that you're...

Don't ever forget that you're a citizen of this world, and there are things you can do to lift the human spirit, things that are easy, things that are free, things that you can do every day: civility, respect, kindness, character.

Aaron Sorkin 106 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

Что стало с детьми-звездами: Рэдклифф и компания спустя годы

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

Жизнь за границей: как изменились судьбы 7 уехавших телеведущих

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

Кира Найтли, Деми Мур и другие

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....