Calvin Trillin Quotes
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I often joke that I straddle psychosis and neurosis, and that being an artist keeps me in the middle, so I can work between the two.
Sam Taylor-Wood -
This bikini made me a success.
Ursula Andress -
The Kiss scene was attempted three times. The first was in a peculiar spot of the fort on the ground level. It felt forced to me, and I knew right away that, in spite of what others were saying, it was dead wrong.
Madeleine Stowe -
For the first two weeks of filming, I remember bristling at some of the occurrences on the set, none of which directly involved me. Then I surrendered to the environment, to Michael's method, and became much happier, even though no one knew what to expect.
Madeleine Stowe -
Will Smith said if I ever need some help, he was there for me.
Tatyana Ali -
When I write a movie, I write it for me.
Taylor Sheridan
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Someone I met years ago explained to me the difference between a personality and an actor, a personality being Eddie Murphy or Roseanne Barr, and an actor being Morgan Freeman and Alfre Woodard or Marlon Brando.
Orlando Jones -
For me, being a mum has been a really, really instinctive thing.
Rachel Weisz -
Sometimes it's less about the character and more about the story for me. I'll play a rock in the background if I think the story is fantastic and I can be a part of it somehow. That's what I look for.
Zoe Kravitz -
R. C. Buford has been a huge help to me with his support.
Dan Quinn -
Australian genre films were a lot of fun because they were legitimate genre movies. They were real genre films, and they dealt, in a way like the Italians did, with the excess of genre, and that has been an influence on me.
Quentin Tarantino -
I respect all women who came before me to blaze trails into the workplace for us.
Dana Perino
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My first trip to Mexico was with my dad because of his Spanish records. That was back in 1958. I found a picture of me when I was eight dressed as a little senorita.
Natalie Cole -
One minute, it seemed I had more movie offers than I could handle; the next – no one wanted me.
Sal Mineo -
My dad named me Dakota and my mom came up with my first name Hannah. So it's Hannah Dakota Fanning.
Dakota Fanning -
I have the feeling of being a very small item on this planet, and literature enables me to express that.
J. M. G. Le Clezio -
You know, I have found out in the course of a long public life that the things I did not say never hurt me.
Calvin Coolidge -
I feel a responsibility to the fans who have paid to see me and I want to give as good a show as I possibly can.
Florence Welch Florence and the Machine
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Me being able to beat up Austin Powers? I mean, how great can that be?
Verne Troyer -
I talk a lot about taking risks, and then I follow that up very quickly by saying, 'Take prudent risks.'
Irene Rosenfeld -
I considered the case and realized that if something can exist in opinion without existing in reality, or exist in reality without existing in opinion, the conclusion is that of the two parallel lives, only opinion is necessary – not reality, which is only a secondary consideration.
Machado de Assis -
The most interesting place I've gone on location was New Orleans.
Taryn Manning Boomkat -
If you so choose, the challenges can make you stronger. If you so choose, the disappointments can make you more determined.
Ralph Marston -
Getting a tattoo would probably make me cry.
Calvin Trillin