David O. Selznick Quotes

If you sit down with me, I guarantee I will accept any terms you offer for a contract.

David O. Selznick

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• You won't hear me talk about my politics, you won't hear me talk about my vegetarianism, you won't hear me comment on the Iraq war. You'll only hear me talk about being gay and being an actor. I am just public on those two issues.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Gay
  • Actor
  • Issues

• What's great about working on a sitcom is that I spend so much time with people who are in other fields as well, such as writing, directing, and/or camera operating. Being on set is like being on a playground. I go from one thing to the next, and I've learned so much and hope to continue learning.

  

  Olivia Holt
  • People
  • Time
  • Great

• The regret of my life is that I have not said 'I love you' often enough.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Life
  • Love
  • Regret

• The European Union will never see America, or an American president, as a risk.

  

  Federica Mogherini
  • American
  • America
  • Risk

• How a piece ends is very important to me. It's the last chance to leave an impression with the reader, the last shot at 'nailing' it. I love to write ending lines; usually, I know them first and write toward them, but if I knew how they came to me, I wouldn't tell.

  

  S. E. Hinton
  • Important
  • Love
  • Chance

• Learning should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life's greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion into the minds of the noble and the learned.

  

  Taylor Caldwell
  • Life
  • Learning
  • Joy

• I had a dream cast when Dan first went off and wrote 'Ghostbusters 3' by himself. It was so long ago that my dream cast was Ben Stiller, Chris Farley, and Chris Rock. That would have been cool. Now, a lot of time has passed, and there are a lot of young funny people.

  

  Harold Ramis
  • People
  • Time
  • Long

• There is no person that love cannot heal; there is no soul that love cannot save.

  

  Carlos Santana Santana
  • Love
  • Soul
  • For Her

• But I have had the luxury of working on good films with great people.

  

  Patricia Clarkson
  • People
  • Good
  • Great

• I looked at but was not allowed to touch Ai Weiwei's 'Sunflower Seeds' at the Tate. The film of making them was really moving.

  

  Kate Fleetwood
  • Moving
  • Film
  • Touch

• Sometimes I think that there's a fine line between impressionistic and messy.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Think
  • Sometimes
  • Messy

• If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors.

  

  Walter Scott
  • Empty
  • Farmer
  • Barn

• Mmmm... the comedy that matters is the comedy you pull out of thin air. It's a bit like when something funny has happened and you try to explain it to someone else and end up saying, 'You had to be there.'

  

  Jack Dee
  • Up
  • Funny
  • Comedy

• It is true that women in Paris never put on make-up. It shocked me when I first got there – then I realised how much I liked it.

  

  Olga Kurylenko
  • Women
  • True
  • Paris

• It's unfair to think that we can do what we do with the intensity that we do it and expect injuries to not happen.

  

  Daniel Cormier
  • Think
  • Happen
  • Injuries

• It's important that we start conversations about changing the culture of sexual harassment and discrimination in politics, state capitols, and our larger communities with an acknowledgment of the courage of so many women who have chosen to speak up and speak out.

  

  J. B. Pritzker
  • Up
  • Important
  • Women

• I have a wide spectrum, a wide demographic. I have the young girls, I have the gay community, I have many regular theatergoers. I do feel a tremendous responsibility and pride to be a role model for some of these young people.

  

  Idina Menzel
  • People
  • Community
  • Responsibility

• It takes a long time to become young.

  

  Pablo Picasso
  • Time
  • Long
  • Young

• Don't mistake niceness for weakness.

  

  Jennifer Granholm
  • Mistake

• My mom used to make everything. She had a great garden and composted and made everything from scratch - peanut butter, bread, jelly, everything. I don't know how she did it because all those things take time and love and labour. I only do half the stuff she does - but there's still time.

  

  Julia Roberts
  • Time
  • Great
  • She

• The first time I toured the U.K. was in the early '90s with Billy Pilgrim, so I know how much the people there love music.

  

  Kristian Bush Sugarland
  • People
  • Time
  • Music

• Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it. No involvement, no commitment.

  

  Stephen Covey
  • Success
  • Leadership
  • Commitment

• Poor diet and sedentary behaviour have led to an increase in obesity and lifestyle-related disease and a huge rise in chronic medical conditions.

  

  Frans van Houten

• If you sit down with me, I guarantee I will accept any terms you offer for a contract.

  

  David O. Selznick