Mark Bradford Quotes
In the neighborhood where my studio is, in South Central Los Angeles, there are a lot of immigrant-owned businesses. I'm constantly amazed at the level of work they do. It's above anything. For me, I think I pattern myself on that work ethic.
Quotes to Explore
-
Let a hundred flowers bloom.
-
Sometimes I'd like to play the bad guy and sometimes I'd like to die in a movie.
-
As you get older, challenges arise that you aren't prepared for, but what got me through it was music.
-
Life is a game. Money is how we keep score.
-
I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrible.
-
You have to interpret what's hot to make it work on yourself. If tweed suits are in, but you're not a suit kind of girl, wear the jacket with jeans and a pair of Converses.
-
Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism.
-
The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
-
Somebody once told me I shouldn't try to change Hollywood. That isn't my point at all. I don't want Hollywood to change me.
-
There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
-
You can't embarrass Joss Whedon, he's got no pride! He fully admits it. 'Oh, it's me. I'm little and goofy.' You can't wound his pride. He's too self-deprecating.
-
If you seek my help and guidance, I will immediately give it to you.
-
I watch 'Entourage.' I aspire the good life that they live and lead. Honestly, I am just trying to be me by trying to do good films, have fun at it and trying to work with good directors, and, of course, I am a bit of a silent party boy, also. I have my share of fun sometime, too.
-
At the Museum of Roman Art, the logic of the forms is very much modern. But in spite of that, the idea of the construction could be related to a historical time.
-
I had done another show called 'United States of Cars,' which was a pilot that didn't get picked up. And they said, 'You know, we're doing 'Top Gear,' and would you like to meet the guys?' It was the wild - most wild audition I ever had because I never went to a studio or a producer's office.
-
Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.
-
Whatever people thought the first time they held a portable phone the size of a shoe in their hands, it was nothing like where we are now, accustomed to having all knowledge at our fingertips.
-
I would love to do a film with a lot of humor in it: a comedy with pain instead of a painful film with some comedy.
-
People's lives have to change as a result of this legislation.
-
If I work on music, it'll be for 10 hours a day, so sometimes I'll feel stressed, and I'll go for a two-hour walk. That sorts me out.
-
People ask what it's like playing Prince Charming, but it's not something you really think about when you go to work.
-
I'm someone who always wants to do everything differently. If I have a pattern, I'd rather I didn't have a pattern. I want every book to be unpredictable and new. Damn it!
-
In the neighborhood where my studio is, in South Central Los Angeles, there are a lot of immigrant-owned businesses. I'm constantly amazed at the level of work they do. It's above anything. For me, I think I pattern myself on that work ethic.
