David Lowery Quotes
I love taking something that is understood to be funny or charming or sweet or naive and instilling it with some degree of gravity.
Quotes to Explore
-
I think in a play it's wise to just sit back and watch other actors and be able to shape it from the audience.
-
My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.
-
Whatever they did for democracy, the U.S. interventions in the Middle East and the vaunted Arab Spring have proved to be pure hell for Arab Christians.
-
Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out.
-
Long Kiss Goodnight has a huge cult following. They could make another version of that movie right now and make a lot of money.
-
The whole point of music is being able to share your story. I've been songwriting for a long time, usually while on the road, as a way to get my feelings out.
-
I got my feet wet in a couple of shows. I did a cameo on my favorite show, 'The Vampire Diaries.' And I guest starred on a show called 'Kickin' It' on Disney.
-
By the time I left school, I had a lot of tenacity.
-
I believe that misconceptions about oneself that one does not correct where possible act as a bad magic.
-
I enjoyed my time in the WRAF. There were plenty of people at the airfields where I worked, and they were all very good company.
-
Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun. My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what's me.
-
My family was very, very receptive to all; all races, religions.
-
I don't need fame and I don't need power and I don't need wealth. I'm in need of friends, which I have found in abundance.
-
The Amex has a long, often troubled, sometimes glorious history.
-
There is no person that love cannot heal; there is no soul that love cannot save.
-
Someone made me a Leaf Coneybear finger puppet. Someone made me a portrait of me on some chocolate. I'm keeping it. I daren't eat such a work of art. It's so unique and so fun that fans do that. It's incredibly flattering. I like it when people spend time on me. People don't spend the same amount of time on my brother who's an insurance broker.
-
My show is my statement. What I have to say is on the screen. My life is my own. I don't want to talk about my private self. Why should I?
-
The movie I've watched a million times is 'A Face in the Crowd,' directed by Elia Kazan, starring Andy Griffith and Patricia Neal. I first saw this movie, I guess I was in my early 20s. I'd never heard of it, and somebody told me about it, and I watched it and was just completely jaw-droppingly shocked at how current it was.
-
I've always been comfortable thinking things through and doing it, more or less, my way. You can be as creative as you want, but if you're... unwilling to work on the details, to see those put into action, then creativity is just dreams, or worse, hallucinations.
-
When I'm on the road traveling, the things I miss most are my two children and barbecuing with friends. Rack of ribs, lamb and veal are my specialties.
-
I think my worst problem is actually living in the moment and understanding everything that's going on. I feel like I'm in my own bubble.
-
As a writer, or as a filmmaker, you have to present yourself, and part of what yourself is is what you're interested in, or what you think is funny, or what you think is sad, or what you think is horrible.
-
Three women walk into a pub and say, `Hooray, we've colonised a male-dominated joke format'
-
I love taking something that is understood to be funny or charming or sweet or naive and instilling it with some degree of gravity.
