David Zayas Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I made my first movie when I was five.
-
When I write a movie, I write it for me.
-
Frank Capra, Hollywood's Horatio Alger, lights with more cinematic know-how and zeal than any other director to convince movie audiences that American life is exactly like the 'Saturday Evening Post' covers of Norman Rockwell. 'It's A Wonderful Life,' the latest example of Capracorn, shows his art at a hysterical pitch.
-
I'm not a movie star like other actors in the way that I need to walk with a bodyguard.
-
Books are my art. The movie is someone else's art. But it's great marketing for books.
-
If you are playing someone living, it is a different type of judgment. However much work you do, it is not a documentary. There will be things you can't get right, and ultimately, you have to take a leap because - you weren't there.
-
It was priceless. Being the UFC champion and having my kids in the Octagon, my wife, them holding the belt. That was like a movie.
-
I've seen the Pokemon movie, which is probably the worst movie ever made on any subject ever.
-
Ninety-nine percent of the time, when it comes down to it, if I have the choice between a great role and seeing a new guy, I would probably go for the great role because I figure if the guy's really that great that he'll be around once I'm done with the movie.
-
Some of the biggest movie stars in the world are essentially characters.
-
There have been moments where I'm like, 'I don't know how I'm going to survive and pay next month's rent.' And the next month I'm filming a movie in New York City.
-
Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to casting people against type and trusting that their talent and skill will get them through.
-
First of all, I'm Middle Eastern; I'm Iranian, so to be playing a leading role in a big Hollywood movie, I think, is possibly one of the first times.
-
If I don't direct a movie at some point, I've failed personally.
-
I think the way it works is that when you're casting a movie, you usually want to work with people that you believe in.
-
Some movies bring out the creativity in you. Every single audience member can become creative in the face of a particular movie. If you happen to like my films, it's because my films provide a bed for you on which you can find your creativity. The Hollywood movies do not provide that for you.
-
Almost any movie, no matter how original, is borrowing from some other movies.
-
Some of the best art in the world is collaborative, a mix of voices that are stronger together than separate. Take the Beatles, for example. Or every great movie ever made. We like to say they're the director's vision, but really, they're huge collaborations between directors, writers, actors, even producers.
-
I like to play unpredictable characters, and I like to be unpredictable in what movie I'll do.
-
I don't think much of most of the films I made, but being a movie star was something I liked very much.
-
People like 'Crank,' some people like 'Redemption.' I'm just happy to do things that satiate a different part of me, that test me a little bit.
-
I really fell in love with Africa.
-
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
-
Working on 'Dexter' is like shooting one big movie every year.
