I do not suffer from Autism, but I do suffer from the way you treat me.
Brad PittRead
If I'm gonna spend however long it takes to make a movie, give up 14 hours a day for however many weeks or months, then it's very important for me to know that I'm working with people who I respect and enjoy and that we're going for something together.
Interpretation
Collaboration in creativity is vital for meaningful work.
In this quote, Brad Pitt emphasizes the importance of working with individuals you respect and enjoy while dedicating significant time to a creative project, such as making a movie. The essence is that collaboration and mutual respect can lead to a richer and more fulfilling artistic experience.
In practice
During a film festival, to express the importance of teamwork in filmmaking.
I do not suffer from Autism, but I do suffer from the way you treat me.
I was so intent on trying to find a movie about an interesting life, but I wasn't living an interesting life myself.
It might be a very human thing across the board, but we, in America, love a story - we need a story to get involved in. But then everything becomes more about how the story protects a certain perception as we pick sides.
There's a constant chatter in our house, whether it's giggling or screaming or crying or banging. I love it. I love it. I love it. I hate it when they're gone. I hate it. Maybe it's nice to be in a hotel room for a day - 'Oh, nice, I can finally read a paper.' But then, by the next day, I miss that cacophony, all that life.
Equality, absolutely, that's what defines us. It's what makes us great. If it doesn't sit well with your religion, let your God sort it out in the end, but that's us. We're equal
Having children takes the focus off yourself, which I'm really grateful for. I'm so tired of thinking about myself. I'm sick of myself. You feel you want to be there and not miss out on anything. It's a true joy and a very profound love. You can write a book, you can make a movie, you can paint a painting, but having kids is the most extraordinary thing I've ever taken on.
Wherever I go, I just try to show normal life. If the work helps to dispel stereotypes, it's because I seek not to portray the extremities of a place, but the vast majority of people who are quite normal and are having normal life experiences.
Draw a line; draw a line that pleases you. And remember that it is not the artist's role to copy the outlines of things but to create a world of his own lines on paper." (pp.28-29)
The art of stone in a Japanese garden is that of placement. Its ideal does not deviate from that of nature.
I was saying as a joke the other day that I love film editing, I know how to cut a picture, I think I know how to shoot it, but I don't know how to light it. And I realize it's because I didn't grow up with light. I grew up in tenements.
The rules or 'laws' of poetry are only tentative devices, an approximate scheme. There is no Sinaitic recipe for poetry, for the individual poem is the norm.
I have never thought of writing for reputation and honor. What I have in my heart must come out; that is the reason why I compose.
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