Hbo Quotes - Page 2

• In the U.S., HBO is a very aggressive service.

  Reed Hastings

  Aggressive

  "Reed Hastings interview: 'Everybody would welcome a rival to Sky'". Interview With Dan Sabbagh, www.theguardian.com. January 15, 2012.

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• It's like, 'Sorry I passed you an STD but I really enjoy your quirky web presence.'

  Hannah

  Sorry, Quirky, Stds

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• Our men must win or die. Pompey's men have... other options.

  Julius Caesar

  Winning, Men, History

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• I have nothing but respect for HBO.

  James Gandolfini

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• I just love shows that don't hand everything to you, that ask you to be smarter. I think that's something really important that HBO has done to change the landscape of TV.

  Patrick J. Adams

  Thinking, Hands, Important

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I was lucky on 'Arli$$.' I basically got to do whatever I wanted because HBO is great for that.

  Sandra Oh

  Lucky, Wanted

  "Sandra Oh moves from 'Sideways' to TV". www.today.com. March 22, 2005.

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• I do not buy CDs any more; I usually stream Internet radio. For movies, I hardly every buy any DVDS. I have a DVR, so just record things off HBO, Showtime and so on.

  Oren Peli

  Dvds, Cds, Records

  "Oren Peli: 'I'm not a nerd or a luddite, I'm a geek really'". Interview With Stuart O'Connor, www.theguardian.com. April 4, 2010.

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• As actors, if you get a pilot on HBO or on USA, your odds are good that it's going to get picked up.

  Tim DeKay

  Odds, Usa, Actors

  "A Roundtable With Tim DeKay, Carla Gugino, and Gabriel Macht". Interview with Mark Peikert, www.backstage.com. June 27, 2012.

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• Game of Thrones' is an amazing show, and I have no problem speaking of the virtues of HBO.

  Peter Dinklage

  Games, Thrones, Problem

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• Working with HBO was an opportunity to experience creative freedom and 'long-form development' that filmmakers didn't have a chance to do before the emergence of shows like 'The Sopranos.'

  Martin Scorsese

  Opportunity, Long, Creative

  Interview with John Scott Lewinski, www.askmen.com.

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• I grew up watching PBS and wanting to be a part of it, just like HBO.

  Jeremy Piven

  Pbs, Grew Up, Grew

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• HBO does something that most networks don't do which is give a show a chance to find their voice.

  Jeremy Piven

  Voice, Giving, Doe

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• Writing books isn't a drastic departure from writing for the stage. I've always written in the long format, five, eight, 10-minute pieces rather than one-liners, so since writing books, the process hasn't changed much. A piece in my live routine can end up as part of one of my HBO specials, and it can also end up in one of the books.

  George Carlin

  Book, Writing, Eight

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• Nothing you see on the Internet is mine unless it comes from one of my albums, books, HBO specials, or appeared on my website.

  George Carlin

  Book, Technology, Albums

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• Any time you are in the content creation business, you have to leverage that content in as many ways as possible. DVD is one valuable secondary growth channel for HBO. Maybe the Internet is next.

  James Goss

  Dvds, Growth, Contentment

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• I love HBO productions, actually, like 'The Wire.'

  David Mitchell

  Wire, Productions

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• I did a pilot for HBO, called One Percent, that they didn't end up picking up, but it was a pretty intense and dramatic piece.

  Donal Logue

  Pieces, Pilots, Dramatic

  "Donal Logue and Michael Raymond-James Interview Terriers". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 7, 2010.

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• One of the first memories I have was watching Whoopi Goldberg perform her one-woman show on Broadway on HBO. She moved seamlessly through an array of spirited and soul-stirring characters, each one holding a mirror up to me and allowing me in many ways to see a reflection of myself on screen.

  Aisha Hinds

  Memories, Character, Reflection

  Source: www.theaquarian.com

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• I will knock out Vernon Forrest in two rounds whether I have a cigarette or not. I know a lot of people want to see me fight more rounds. So, if HBO wants, they can pick two sparring partners for me to fight after I knock out Forrest. That way, the audience can see me fight 12 rounds.

  Ricardo Mayorga

  Fighting, Sparring Partner, Two

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• HBO and I have a deal to at least try to make a television series from the Leonid McGill stories. We're going to start with the first novel, 'The Long Fall'.

  Walter Mosley

  Fall, Long, Trying

  "In 'Shoot My Man,' Mosley Tells Tale Of Atonement". "Talk of the Nation" with Jennifer Ludden, www.npr.org. January 26, 2012.

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• I was watching an HBO special on eating habits and different cultures, and they showed in China how people eat cats ... I happened to be sitting on the couch with my cat, and once I saw that, it just put everything in perspective.

  Ben Kenney

  Cat, People, Perspective

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• Politically Incorrect was the name of the show Bill Maher hosted in the 1990s. It's also an apt description of the man himself. Now host of - HBO's hit show Real Time, I find Maher to be one of the sharpest observers of American politics and life in general out there. It doesn't mean I always agree with him. I always find him funny, though.

  Fareed Zakaria

  Real, Mean, Men

  "Fareed Zakaria: 'Bill Maher One of the Sharpest Observers of American Politics Out There'". www.newsbusters.org. December 5, 2010.

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• I had a prior deal in place to do a miniseries for HBO, so I'm not done with TV. But I basically want to stay in movies.

  David Chase

  Done, Want, Tvs

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• I'm kind of a pop balladeer because I love the art of storytelling. I call myself 'HBO for the ears'; I sing little movies.

  Amanda McBroom

  Art, Ears, Littles

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• I'm very committed to and interested in CNN's journalism and our magazines and our movie studio, not just HBO, where I grew up. But I do have a fondness for subscription television.

  Jeffrey Bewkes

  Cnn, Magazines, Television

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