I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career.

  • -- Charlie Chaplin 查理卓别林

我不相信公众知道自己想要什么;这是我从我的职业生涯中得出的结论。

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I mean, there are many other directors who are probably both more skilled and excited to adapt novels or work within certain genre conventions. I'd like to do that kind of work someday, but for better or worse I'm too drawn by my own material.

我的意思是,还有很多导演可能更擅长改编小说,也更乐于按照特定的流派改编。我希望有一天能做那样的工作,但不管怎样,我太被自己的材料吸引了。

My impression is that most women public service workers have a long fuse. Precisely because they care so deeply about services, more than anyone, they still want to find a sensible and fair negotiated agreement. But their patience has run out.

我的印象是,大多数的女性公共服务工作者都是脾气暴躁的。正是因为他们比任何人都更关心服务,所以他们仍然希望找到一个合理和公平的谈判协议。但他们的耐心已经耗尽。

I am not religious. I do not believe that personhood is conferred upon conception. But I also do not believe that a human embryo is the moral equivalent of a hangnail and deserves no more respect than an appendix.

我不信教。我不认为人格是由概念赋予的。但我也不认为人类胚胎在道德上等同于一根倒刺,它只配得上一个阑尾。

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.

在这个世界上,有一半的伤害是由于那些想要感到自己很重要的人造成的。他们不是有意要伤害别人。但他们对这种伤害并不感兴趣。

I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office.

毫无疑问,我将不得不寻求一份被愉快地称为“有收入的工作”,我很高兴地说,这种工作并不描述担任公职。

I've always been really dark, and drawn to darker humor. Nothing has been forced, and I don't say anything for shock value.

我一直都很黑暗,喜欢黑色幽默。没有什么是被迫的,我也没有说任何令人震惊的东西。

You have to let the viewers come away with their own conclusions. If you dictate what they should think, you've lost it.

你必须让观众自己得出结论。如果你命令他们应该怎么想,你就失去了它。

As far as big egos, there are definitely guys out there that just think God only knows what about themselves.

就自大而言,肯定有一些人认为上帝只知道他们自己。

As a result of my study, I came to the conclusion that a common supreme authority was undesirable.

由于我的研究,我得出的结论是,一个共同的最高权威是不可取的。

To live a normal life, you just have to believe nothing is normal.

要过正常的生活,你只需要相信没有什么是正常的。

I just want to do what I do best, and that's fight. I love it.

我只想做我最擅长的,那就是战斗。我爱它。

I don't think any collector knows his true motivation.

我想没有哪个收藏家知道他真正的动机。