Michael Stern
Michael Stern
Michael Sternwas an American reporter, author and philanthropist. As a reporter during World War II he issued some of the first accounts from a liberated Rome, Italy in June 1944. He later worked in concert with Zachary Fisher to create the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York City, New York, United States...
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth3 August 1910
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I wasn't asked to go, and I'm not one to just show up, ... I've since been told that it's dangerous for an actress or actor to meet their subject. Many times they start doing an impersonation of the person rather than acting the part. Kathy said she'd seen me on television but didn't want me on the set for that reason.
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It is the most watched city in the world. There are street cameras in almost every corner! Intimidating but interesting!
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The courage of exploring myself was nothing compared to the courage of actually doing the EMT course, ... As a writer, the concept of self-revelation is not new. The problem was getting through the depression and anxiety and doing something unheard of for me: becoming an EMT. Writing about self-revelation is gravy.
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This has the potential to be a great gathering site.
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After that, the train has to move on because transport is so important there!
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It's a mystery why some things hit a nerve and take off. I guess each of these movies resonates in its own particular way.
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You don't ever say, 'Where's the good place in town?' You want to ask somebody on the street, 'Where do you eat?' And then you're likely to find the great catfish parlor or barbecue place.
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People have asked me, 'Is it about Apple or is it about Jobs?' and I say it's about how a man becomes his company and the company becomes the man. That has only happened a few times, like it happened with Ford, I think, they became inextricably linked together.
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To me that's what Jobs was about. He said at the end of the movie, 'When you realize that the world was created by people no smarter than you, your life will change.' That, to me, is a message for right now and people figuring out what they're going to do with themselves.
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Of course, I saw 'The Social Network,' which is a beautiful film.
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There's a few in our history, where the person who creates it becomes almost the product itself. Jobs is one of those.
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The young Steve Jobs had a hard time articulating something that didn't exist. He could see it, taste it, knew what it felt like, but he didn't have all the language because it hadn't been invented yet. People didn't fathom the personal computer on a mass produced level.
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I'm working on a few different films and I'm just searching for the right new story to tell. As a director, you just have to kind of like just get through the first project before starting on the next one.
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Steve Jobes called anybody. He was fearless. When he was very young, he had no filter. He would call the president of Hewlett-Packard and the head of Atari and say, 'I'm Steve Jobs.' He just didn't take no for an answer.