David Zucker Quotes
It didn't happen every time for every movie. Ruthless People was a good movie, but we didn't get a good release or marketing. They completely blew the opening.
Quotes to Explore
-
In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
-
The way I like to work is to attach personal experiences to what I'm doing, so it helps tremendously if I can write my own play under what the writer has written.
-
When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.
-
There are roles out there and women out there that are fascinating to me, and there are things in our culture that I see that I want to express. It's my passion to express that.
-
I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.
-
I went to a very progressive elementary school where I was heavily educated in civil rights. I remember learning about Harvey Milk when I was in sixth or seventh grade and being so inspired.
-
Properties have different characteristics, like companies, and the market throws up more opportunities because it is inefficient.
-
For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
-
Questions that require answers are what keep readers going - and the place to start raising those questions is with your very first sentence.
-
I'm not the type of actor who is trying to do a whole bunch of different stuff, you know what I mean?
-
You have to really prove yourself to young people, and if your answer is clear and consistent and loving - even if it's angry and disappointed - what's important is that you're being real and honest and not going anywhere.
-
The notion that female initiative is useless because men know what they want is particularly odd - most people don't even know what they want for dinner.
-
I always say you can never be extravagant with beauty. Beauty is God made real. Beauty is life.
-
I think there's no higher calling in terms of a career than public service, which is a chance to make a difference in people's lives and improve the world.
-
As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
-
And my friends, you ain't seen nothin' yet.
-
I went down to Venezuela and ended up renting a helicopter and flew with my sons to the tops of the tepuis, these freestanding jungle mesas, 'lost worlds' as it were. In fact, it's almost impossible to access them without one. So we were able to land and spend some time there. We were trapped for about six hours by clouds that came in.
-
As an actor, I want to build a career as an actor. It's hard to even get a job sometimes, so as my career builds, I can be more picky than I used to be.
-
On the advertising side, view count is not the most important thing. It's engagement.
-
You cannot underestimate people's ability to spot a soulless, bureaucratic tactic a million miles away. It's a big reason why so many companies that have dipped a toe in social media waters have failed miserably.
-
Politicians are so detested. And the main cause is not policy; it's the fact that there is no trust.
-
What I think is fair to say is that, coming out of the Republican camp, there have been efforts to suggest that perhaps I'm not who I say I am when it comes to my faith - something which I find deeply offensive, and that has been going on for a pretty long time.
-
It's really hard to compete with Apple on pure coolness, and if you do, you're probably going to use some of the things they pioneered.
-
It didn't happen every time for every movie. Ruthless People was a good movie, but we didn't get a good release or marketing. They completely blew the opening.
