The movies that made me want to make movies were action movies, and thrillers, and Kurosawa films, you know, where you have an opportunity every day to shoot it in an unusual way. I was looking for something like that.
To go to the next level, you have to be special, and I look for those special qualities in those players, those qualities that I think will translate to the NFL.
I actually had a Bobby Orr action figure. You could put the pads on him and skates and all that. I was 7, and he was still playing.
You'll hear people say now, 'Oh, I don't want to see something in 3-D. That's wrong, because what they've seen is 3-D done poorly.
The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie.
You've got Washington picking winners and losers. And so, all of a sudden, decisions are being made on what helps politicians, not what helps the economy. Some will call it socialism. Some will call it a command and control economy. Whatever it is, it's antithetical to the American experience.
For everything that you find dreadful, there's usually something that is rather marvelous as well.
Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump: you have to get it right the first time.
My nemesis - my downfall, if you will - was relationships, and trying to fulfill them.
Directors say that you should get actors before they are recognized. They will be a pain or have an opinion.
There are some elements of digital photography that I don't really like, such as the fact that you see the results immediately.
It's depressing when you're still around and your albums are out of print.
Regardless of how good or bad a collection might be, it's a letdown after the show is over. It's done. Something you've worked on for months is just over.
I think in the end, when you're famous, people like to narrow you down to a few personality traits. I think I've just become this ambitious, say-whatever's-on-her-mind, intimidating person. And that's part of my personality, but it's certainly not anywhere near the whole thing.
And, I believe that one of the most loving things you can do is prepare a meal for someone you love. None of which I know how to do!
Survivor is like rock 'n' roll - you can do what you want.
The hardest thing is to take less when you can get more.
The test is can you do something, rather than have a theoretical argument - can you make a difference?
Insanity is knowing that what you're doing is completely idiotic, but still, somehow, you just can't stop it.
Why can I write 'South' with some assurance that you'll know I mean Richmond and don't mean Phoenix? What is it that the South's boundaries enclose?
You shouldn't be a prisoner of your own ideas.
Yesterday, the Pentagon warned U.S. reporters that they should get out of Baghdad as soon as possible because the U.S. could attack at any time. Then the Pentagon added, 'Whatever you do, don't tell Geraldo.'
You must learn to talk clearly. The jargon of scientific terminology which rolls off your tongues is mental garbage.
Nothing lives up to what you imagine. It changes, shifts, becomes something else.
War is over if you want it.
You learn more about life from watching 'Big Brother' than from reading a book.
I loved ghost stories. I love horror stories. I love all of that stuff, but I really yearn for something to actually frighten me. It's more of a yearning for that than something that has to necessarily be cerebral or sophisticated. Good storytelling and something that actually frightens you.
When you hear a child's voice, it will have that immediate effect of putting you in mind of looking after children.
You go back to those films of the '40s and '50s and hear the dialogue, the way the people played off each other - the wordplay. I think we've really lost that in movies.
That's nice, to be compared to Joanna Lumley. She played my mother once in 'Ella Enchanted.' I was one of the ugly sisters, and she was the stepmother, so that was great. I'll take that comparison, thank you.
Oftentimes, when a movie turns into a series, you never retain the creative auspices. You buy the idea, you buy the franchise, and then you bring in a whole new creative team and copy the tone or sensibility.
It's fun when you're winning and performing well, but it's also hard because now you get older, you got responsibilities.
I can't tell you how many times I quit only to realize that when the work has been your life, you don't really have a life without it.
When you become a Christian, something truly amazing happens: God comes to live inside your heart. You become the home of God.
But I like to listen to demos. I like to hear the finished product. It's like listening to a song - I mean, a story. If you're going to sit here and tell me a story, I just like to listen. I don't want to make them up.
When the King is checked, or any valuable Piece in danger from the attack of an enemy, you are said to interpose a man when you play it between the attacked and attacking Piece.
