Derek Cianfrance Quotes
I think book adaptations, the best one to me is like 'Brokeback Mountain.' Which is a short story, 21 pages, that expands so beautifully into a movie.
Quotes to Explore
-
I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress.
-
Even if you walk exactly the same route each time - as with a sonnet - the events along the route cannot be imagined to be the same from day to day, as the poet's health, sight, his anticipations, moods, fears, thoughts cannot be the same.
-
When I was in the running for the role of Elphaba, I knew it was important to research and study as much background information as I could, so I got my head stuck into 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' by Gregory Maguire, and I believe I lost many days, weeks, and months reading it - I was captivated!
-
The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human.
-
Female adolescence is - universally - an emotionally and psychologically intense period.
-
Death is not extinction. Neither the soul nor the body is extinguished or put out of existence.
-
My attitude to writing is like when you do wallpapering, you remember where all the little bits are that don't meet. And then your friends say: It's terrific!
-
Beautiful updos with natural hair are great!
-
Politics is a herd mentality. Politicians don't really lead. Politicians reflect what they think is consensus opinion.
-
I don't see a white woman. I see a black woman, even though my mother is white. Knowing that has made my life easier, I think.
-
Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts.
-
I love the color pink. It makes a bold statement.
-
Happiness is only attained by the free will agreeing in its freedom to accord with the will of God.
-
I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
-
Acting for me is very therapeutic. It's my shrink.
-
I don't want to collect Indian art, though pots and beadwork and blankets made by Indians remain the most beautiful art objects in the American West, in my opinion.
-
She looked at me penetratingly. So I suppose you can figure out what happened next.
-
Money is neither my god nor my devil. It is a form of energy that tends to make us more of who we already are, whether it's greedy or loving.
-
There was no match for Barry White. His music is just going to live forever. It's not limited to disco or soul or hip-hop or anything.
-
I get asked enough questions, I try not to ask too many questions.
-
I really dislike it when the media asks young actresses, normally when they're about 23, how they feel about ageing. There are other things to worry about.
-
Book critics certainly are judges who wield a tremendous amount of power in terms of whether or not a book will reach a wider audience. That's one of the reasons why I try to give coverage to books written by Latinx writers; too many worthwhile works of literature do not get the kind of coverage they deserve, and I've certainly seen that with respect to books written by writers of color. But there are some wonderful, diverse writers out there who mentor and otherwise support those voices that often have been ignored by much of the mainstream press.
-
I think book adaptations, the best one to me is like 'Brokeback Mountain.' Which is a short story, 21 pages, that expands so beautifully into a movie.
