Diablo Cody Quotes - Page 3

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• Stripping toughened my hide, but exposing myself as a writer has been a lot more brutal.

  Diablo Cody

  Stripping, Brutal, Has Beens

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You make a first impression and people never forget it. If people want to think of me as the wacky 'Juno' lady forever, I could think of worse ways to be labeled.

  Diablo Cody

  Thinking, People, Forever

  "Diablo Cody Talks about the 2013 Athena Film Festival, Female Writers and Directors She Admires, Plus Updates on PARADISE and SWEET VALLEY HIGH". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 5, 2013.

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• I've been so lucky - I worked with Jason Reitman twice, who has always been a really strong advocate for my voice, and has always really respected the scripts that I've brought him and is just the coolest.

  Diablo Cody

  Strong, Voice, Lucky

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• I am a karaoke purist and I don't like that. I don't think it's enough for you to just be there with your friends singing. I think you need to be in front of a crowd of hostile strangers for it to truly count.

  Diablo Cody

  Thinking, Singing, Needs

  "Diablo Cody Talks YOUNG ADULT, the EVIL DEAD Remake, SWEET VALLEY HIGH, Her Directorial Debut, and a Lot More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. December 16, 2011.

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• The primary job for women in Hollywood is still super-attractive actress. That is the most high-profile women's job in Hollywood.

  Diablo Cody

  Jobs, Actresses, Hollywood

  "Diablo Cody Thinks Lena Dunham Is ‘Our New Woody Allen" By Lori Fradkin, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 30, 2013.

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• Nobody comes to Minnesota to take their clothes off, at least as far as I know.

  Diablo Cody

  Clothes, Minnesota, Knows

  Diablo Cody (2005). “Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper”, p.11, Penguin

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• Juno MacGuff: I don't know what kind of girl I am.

  Diablo Cody

  Girl, Teenager, Kind

  "Juno". www.imdb.com. 2007.

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• I think when you take people who are damaged and you give them money and freedom, it can be a toxic cocktail.

  Diablo Cody

  Thinking, People, Giving

  "Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt, and Screenwriter Diablo Cody YOUNG ADULT Interview". collider.com. December 6, 2011.

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• You know, it shouldn't just be about women as heroic figures overcoming things, it just needs to be about women in general getting the opportunity to play a multitude of roles, telling a multitude of stories - just to express human experience from a woman's perspective. I hope, someday, we can get to that point. I'm all about representation.

  Diablo Cody

  Opportunity, Play, Perspective

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• When you're in a competitive environment, always give out the impression that you don't care. It makes people want you more. If you act desperate, it's over. I think a passive attitude is helpful. It comes naturally because I'm lazy.

  Diablo Cody

  Attitude, Thinking, People

  "Running with Diablo". Interview with Matt Smith, www.citypages.com. December 26, 2007.

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• Juno MacGuff: I was out handling things way beyond my maturity level.

  Diablo Cody

  Maturity, Maturity Level, Levels

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• I usually try not to think about actors while writing, because the odds of those stars aligning and you getting those specific people are so rare.

  Diablo Cody

  Stars, Writing, Thinking

  "Diablo Cody on New Movie 'Ricki and the Flash,' Secret Netflix Projects, and Defying the Suburbs". Interview with Jen Oritz, www.marieclaire.com. July 20, 2015.

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• People say 'teenage girls aren't so clever. Your characters should be less articulate to reflect our youth.' People who say that aren't spending time with teenagers.

  Diablo Cody

  Girl, Clever, Teenage

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• I'm one of the people that were divorced by 30, which is apparently a growing group... Obviously it's something that affects you forever. It's going to be interesting to see in ten, twenty years what kind of lasting effect young divorce has on the people that are doing it because it's becoming more and more common.

  Diablo Cody

  Divorce, Years, Interesting

  "‘Young Adult’: Diablo Cody Talks Divorce In New Film". Interview with Ashley Reich, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 9, 2011.

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• This is for the writers. I want to thank all the writers. I especially want to thank my fellow nominees because I worship you guys and I'm learning from you every day.

  Diablo Cody

  Worship You, Guy, Want

  "'Old Men,' Europeans seize Oscars". www.cnn.com. February 26, 2008.

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• I think it's pretty obvious that women's stories are not necessarily being told in Hollywood and women are not necessarily being put in the leadership positions they deserve in mainstream film.

  Diablo Cody

  Thinking, Hollywood, Stories

  "Diablo Cody Talks about the 2013 Athena Film Festival, Female Writers and Directors She Admires, Plus Updates on PARADISE and SWEET VALLEY HIGH". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 5, 2013.

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• If I want to get a taste of beach culture, I'll fire up my season 2 DVD of 'Beverly Hills, 90210.'

  Diablo Cody

  Beach, Fire, Dvds

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• The fact is, when I wrote 'Juno' - and I think this is part of its charm and appeal - I didn't know how to write a movie. And I also had no idea it was going to get made!

  Diablo Cody

  Movie, Writing, Thinking

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• The attitude toward women in this industry is nauseating. There are all sorts of porcine executives who are uncomfortable with a woman doing anything subversive. They want the movie about the beautiful girl who trips and falls, the adorable klutz.

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  Beautiful, Girl, Attitude

  "Heroines of Cinema: 10 Female Screenwriters You Should Know" by Matthew Hammett Knott, www.indiewire.com. September 05, 2013.

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• Even though I am in this weird position of being a semi-recognizable screenwriter, which isn't that common, at the same time, I'm not an actress. I'm pretty isolated.

  Diablo Cody

  Actresses, Common, Isolated

  "Diablo Cody Talks about the 2013 Athena Film Festival, Female Writers and Directors She Admires, Plus Updates on PARADISE and SWEET VALLEY HIGH". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 5, 2013.

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• I have never been an ambitious person, and my participation in this industry is a fluke, but only male writers can afford to be coy and self-deprecating.

  Diablo Cody

  Self, Ambitious, Flukes

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• People don't have these tidy little redemption arcs in reality the way they do in movies.

  Diablo Cody

  Reality, People, Redemption

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• I myself identify as a recovering Blockhead. You'd be surprised how many twenty- and thirty-something hipster chicks have the NKOTB skeleton in their closet, albeit artfully concealed by stacks of Ksubi skinny jeans and ironic Judas Priest T-shirts.

  Diablo Cody

  Hipster, Jeans, Skeletons

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• Juno MacGuff: [yelling through the house] Dad? Mac MacGuff: What? Juno MacGuff: Either I just peed my pants or um... Mac MacGuff: *Or*...? Juno MacGuff: THUNDERCATS ARE GO!

  Diablo Cody

  Dad, Yelling, House

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• I want Maggie Gyllenhaal. I don't know why. I don't think she necessarily looks like me or acts like me, I just think she's a cool actress and she could play me, so there you go.

  Diablo Cody

  Thinking, Play, Looks

  "Questions and Answers with Diablo Cody" by Kase Wickman, www.mtv.com. February 06, 2013.

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