Facts about John Robinson

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John Robinson is a famous author.

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10 Famous quotes by John Robinson

Small: Prior to Elephant Id taken about six years of acting classes in Portland, but theres not a huge market
"Prior to Elephant I'd taken about six years of acting classes in Portland, but there's not a huge market there. The only thing we have is commercial stuff, and that didn't really appeal to me. So this is really a dream come true"
Small: I felt like I was betraying my family. But I knew that trying to explain my emotions in a movie like th
"I felt like I was betraying my family. But I knew that trying to explain my emotions in a movie like this was more important than leaving them unspoken"
Small: So for me having that element of being able to be competitive wasnt a problem. Im very competitive.
"So for me having that element of being able to be competitive wasn't a problem. I'm very competitive. I thought if I could skate first, acting would come second. I could say my lines and then go do what I was saying. You don't have to fake it, you're not really acting"
Small: I think it will bring back discussion about Columbine. When Columbine happened it was the topic of the
"I think it will bring back discussion about Columbine. When Columbine happened it was the topic of the week, and we shouldn't have just moved on to something else. Whether people like the film or not, it's going to make them think about what happened"
Small: Tony, Stacy and Jay really looked at life completely different and that played into everything that the
"Tony, Stacy and Jay really looked at life completely different and that played into everything that they did, whether it was skating or with their friendships. And for the three of us, we had such a close relationship off screen, that it was so easy to have that on screen"
Small: If you dont know how to hold a board, youre going to look phony. Thats was the biggest pressure for me
"If you don't know how to hold a board, you're going to look phony. That's was the biggest pressure for me was to have that respect and to look up to that"
Small: It was just crazy opportunity to see that whole world and the competitions that we had in the film, lik
"It was just crazy opportunity to see that whole world and the competitions that we had in the film, like Long Beach, it was just crazy and so much fun. I felt like I lived all those moments in the movie"
Small: Stacy had this more fluid style. You meet him, hes just such a nice guy. Tonys an awesome guy too, but
"Stacy had this more fluid style. You meet him, he's just such a nice guy. Tony's an awesome guy too, but back then, he was a real aggressive kid and they were in such a different place. Stacy was so sensitive and at the same time so competitive when it came to his skating"
Small: Columbine was so frightening. And the media took off with it, like everything else, so it instilled mor
"Columbine was so frightening. And the media took off with it, like everything else, so it instilled more fear in people. You're looking around at school for kids like the ones who committed the shootings, and you feel wrong for doing that, you know?"
Small: With Stacy, it was interesting because you know he was within all this chaos, all these different lives
"With Stacy, it was interesting because you know he was within all this chaos, all these different lives that were so broken and so much anger and so much frustration and their skating came out of that, their different styles came out of that"