Christopher McQuarrie Quotes
I was writing from the time I was 12 years old, but I originally wanted to be a novelist.
Quotes to Explore
-
Team synergy has an extraordinary impact on business results.
-
Not only is self-regulation largely a fantasy, but repeated scandals across multiple industries have proved that companies are fundamentally incapable of self-regulating for the greater good.
-
I paint for the sheer joy of painting. I have never sold any of my paintings. I'd rather give them to people for free.
-
I don't do grey. I like my colour, my style.
-
The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
-
When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.
-
I kind of found a niche for myself after 'Firefly'. I found something that I enjoyed doing and that I did well, but as far as how I seek out a part, it's always different. It's always something that lights you on fire when you read it. It might be just one scene, it might be one line that defines the character for you.
-
I'm not convinced about marriage. Divorce is so easy, and that fact that gay people are not allowed to marry takes much of the meaning out of it. Committing yourself to one person is sacred.
-
I was quite keen on silviculture, the growing of trees, and that was something I gave a lot of thought to. Maybe I could've gone in that direction. But it just so happened that while I was trying to make up my mind, I enrolled in art school, and there I began to develop my interest in music, parallel with my interest in the visual arts.
-
Different directors have different things, so when I left Mike Leigh, as it were, and I went into other projects after 'All or Nothing,' it took some getting used to - what do you mean there's a script?!?' That kind of thing.
-
Floyd Mayweather is in the sport to give great performances.
-
Having been governor of New Mexico, I know that legislation gets passed to benefit those who have money and influence. Then they buy more money and influence. That's one reason why, as governor, I vetoed more than 750 bills and thousands of line items. I did it to keep crony capitalism away from government.
-
I love a mask. It's why I've got a thing about good writing. When you're acting, you're going into someone else's work. You're behind his words; it's not you.
-
The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.
-
I'm an obsessive hiker and I do it every day for two hours and it really helps me when it comes to learning songs or scripts.
-
It seems that no two people came to this specialized area of work via the exact same route.
-
There seems to be this impression that if I really am a psychotherapist, I can't be serious about it. They think there must be something fishy going on.
-
My mother is a fighter. After she battled polio and learned to walk again, the doctors told her she would be a cripple her entire life. Instead of accepting defeat, she refused this fate and went on to become the West African Women's Singles tennis champion in college.
-
'Sag Harbor' brought me a new readership - it's a coming of age tale about growing up in the '80s.
-
Anyone can be a hero. You just have to have faith in yourself.
-
It's interesting for me because in my work, a lot of times, I like to scrutinize the clothes and think what's going to make them look dated, and I do the same with vintage. In vintage, you want something unique and different, but at the same time, something that doesn't make you look like you dress like a grandpa.
-
The Startup Act should give all Americans, not just immigrants, a better shot at being tomorrow's engineers and entrepreneurs. And that opportunity could begin at a young age with education in computer programming.
-
I'm always trying to figure out what God is and why matter exists and whether it contains spirit or not.
-
I was writing from the time I was 12 years old, but I originally wanted to be a novelist.
