Chris Messina Quotes

Honestly, one of my favorite things about a director is when they understand what an actor brings to their role.

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• The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law.

  

  Ida B. Wells
  • American
  • Giving
  • Freedom

• If anything, I'm the most hesitant to bring on a label. That terrifies me. I think people believe major labels are linked to success. They're absolutely not that.

  

  Verite
  • People
  • Believe
  • Success

• I like romantic comedy as a genre, but I think it can get stuck in its ways.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Think
  • Comedy
  • Romantic

• I was very insecure approaching the idea of directing a feature film. I told myself I would not move until I felt I was moving in power rather than moving in desperation to make a movie.

  

  Nate Parker
  • Power
  • Movie
  • Moving

• I wish I had more confidence. I think that's probably my Achilles' heel. If I had more, I probably would have felt emboldened to make more interesting music earlier on, or really go for it in an artistic or songwriting sense.

  

  Beck
  • Music
  • Interesting
  • Wish

• The juices never stop flowing. I still write songs.

  

  Randy Owen
  • Stop
  • Never
  • Never Stop

• If we'd had another carefree 70's, I'd have been dead. It was a little too carefree, you know? I don't know how carefree they were for me, I think I was worried then, I can't remember what about.

  

  Randy Newman
  • Remember
  • Know
  • Dead

• I've always wanted to act; I just didn't know how to get into it. It kind of just happened. Dance brought me into it.

  

  Camren Bicondova
  • Know
  • Dance
  • Wanted

• Some of the greatest, most revolutionary advances in science have been given their initial expression in attractively modest terms, with no fanfare.

  

  Daniel Dennett
  • Science
  • Greatest

• I think my favorite thing is songwriting.

  

  Carlos Ponce
  • Think
  • Favorite
  • Songwriting

• I think that women can tend to look so feminine so easily. So it's interesting to see how we can look masculine and strong, too.

  

  Rachel Roy
  • Women
  • Think
  • Strong

• Envy aims very high.

  

  Ovid
  • High
  • Very
  • Envy

• I've been called many things, but never an intellectual.

  

  Tallulah Bankhead
  • Never
  • Intellectual
  • Been

• As soon as a handful of scientists come up with an intervention shown to influence aging in other species, they begin selling it as an intervention for humans, even though there may not be evidence it works.

  

  S. Jay Olshansky
  • Up
  • May
  • Influence

• It's important for youth, black youths particularly, to be able to fill in the blanks of themselves so they can know completely who they are, but also all the country to understand what this means: what the civil rights movement does to us as people. It is part of the journey that we must be on in order to become fully evolved human beings.

  

  Forest Whitaker
  • People
  • Important
  • Country

• 'Nothing', I said sadly. 'They are two delightful women!' 'And neither of them is for you?' finished Poirot. 'Never mind. Console yourself, my friend. We may hunt together again, who knows?'

  

  Agatha Christie
  • Women
  • Mind
  • May

• She ain't into wine and rosesBeer just makes her turn up her nose andShe can't stand the thought of sipping champagneNo Cuervo gold margaritasJust ain't enough good burn in tequilaShe needs somethin' with a little more edgeAnd a little more painShe's my little whiskey girl, she's my little whiskey girlMy ragged on the edges girl, ah but I like em rough.

  

  Toby Keith
  • Up
  • Good
  • She

• General Petraeus is not a miracle worker. He can not be successful unless the president creates greater confidence within his own team about the decisions which the president has himself made.

  

  Jim Talent
  • Team
  • Confidence
  • Miracle

• Sometimes I wonder if the world is too interesting and too boring at the same time.

  

  Douglas Coupland
  • Time
  • World
  • Interesting

• Let’s listen again to Dencombe: 'Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task.' I love the fact that he uses the word 'passion' and the word 'task' in the same sentence—the one so exalted, the other so commonplace. More than this, I love that he equates them. Our passion is our task. To follow the calling of art, to keep faith with it, to continue with your daily labors despite the frustrations, the distractions, and the other varieties of madness that will inevitably beset you—all this requires passion, but it also requires something else, something more down-to-earth. Call it steeliness. Call it persistence. Call it tenacity. Call it resilience. Call it devotion. Whatever you decide to call it, the ability to consecrate yourself to the daily task of art isn’t rooted in madness. As James knew, as Dencombe knew, it’s rooted in sanity.

  

  Brian Morton
  • Word
  • Passions

• Before you wonder "Am I doing things right?" wonder "Am I doing the right things?"

  

  Stephen Covey
  • Wonder
  • Right

• I always wanted to get into proper shape.

  

  Luke Evans

• I've been so blessed to have the career I have had, so each and every shoot and job is a privilege for me to be at.

  

  Freja Beha Erichsen
  • Job
  • Career
  • Blessed

• Honestly, one of my favorite things about a director is when they understand what an actor brings to their role.

  

  Chris Messina