Balthazar Getty Quotes

• Even the great bad guys in cinema history, they're likable.

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  Guy, Cinema, Bad Guys

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• I have a habit of recording records very quickly - and not in a haphazardly way, not in a way where I'm not focused on details, because I'm a freak when it comes to that.

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  Details, Records, Way

  "Balthazar Getty Faces Himself". Interview with Emily McDermott, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 13, 2015.

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• When you go in and do a cool, small character, it feels less like work and more like fun.

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  Fun, Character, Feels

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• I think some people are on a mission to die, and I never was.

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  Thinking, People, Missions

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• I like to challenge myself and give myself a timeline. It pushes me to be more creative and actually do these things, not just dream about them.

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  Dream, Giving, Creative

  "Balthazar Getty Faces Himself". Interview with Emily McDermott, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 13, 2015.

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• we live; we feel; we hurt. the world makes no exceptions.

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  Hurt, World, Feels

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• Because I'm such a studio guy, I really trust my process. I really believe in myself in the studio.

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  Believe, Guy, Process

  "Balthazar Getty Faces Himself". Interview with Emily McDermott, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 13, 2015.

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• Life started getting good when I started making money.

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  Making Money, Makin Money

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• I had a very modest upbringing.

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  Modest, Upbringing

  "Michelle Dockery Talks DOWNTON ABBEY Season 2". Interview, collider.com. December 30, 2011.

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• I've been producing records, and as early as my late teens, early 20s, I put out a hip-hop record and then the Ringside stuff. You know, I just feel like I want to spend these years realizing all of my ambitions. I feel like we live in an age in which you can chase your dreams with focus and a vision.

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  Dream, Ambition, Focus

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• The big things I've had are things I bought myself.

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  Bigs, Big Things

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• I wasn't ever good enough to be on the baseball team and that sort of stuff.

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  Baseball, Team, Stuff

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• It's been such a group effort. When you're a new band and you have limited resources, you end up getting people that are there because they love what you do, and that's great.

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  People, Effort, Groups

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• My theory is, independent movies only work if you're willing to push the material and do something different.

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  Independent, Different, Theory

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• Hearing the record and seeing the response is affirming that it was the right time and right choice.

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  Choices, Records, Hearing

  "Balthazar Getty Faces Himself". Interview with Emily McDermott, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 13, 2015.

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• Even in my darkest times I knew I had a good future ahead of me.

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  Good Future, Darkest Times

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• I wanted to be a professional baseball player.

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  Baseball, Player, Baseball Player

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• Years later, you can hear a song, and it brings you back right to that moment, what was happening at that time, whether it was a relationship or a difficult time, or maybe a great time in your life, and you had that album you were listening to. Twenty years later, you can put on that song you fell in love to or your heart was broken to, and you hear that song and it brings you right back there. I think music is the most powerful tool we have.

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  Song, Powerful, Heart

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• It's not easy starting a label and putting out your own records. It's required me at times to humble myself and really push and work hard to try to give this the best shot. I really want to share this with the world.

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  Hard Work, Humble, Giving

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• My tendency is to be the guy in the back, even though I often end up being the guy in the front.

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  Guy, Ends, Tendencies

  "Balthazar Getty Faces Himself". Interview with Emily McDermott, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 13, 2015.

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• Nobody believes it, but I slept on a futon till I was 13.

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  Believe, Futons

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• My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.

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  Mom, Care, Stuff

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• I didn't do the typical things that young kids do.

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  Kids, Typical, Young

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• But I've consistently worked for 10 years.

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  Years, Consistently

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• My parents were hippies.

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  Hippie, Parent

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