Don Ameche Quotes

There are directors you never, ever want to get close to. Lubitsch was one. Outside of the work, I don't think I ever said five words to him. Mamet was pretty much the same thing. His mind is working all the time.

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• I do love being on television and in peoples' homes. I'm not an actor, so there is a connection that's real.

  

  Rachel Zoe
  • Real
  • Love
  • Connection

• I've always wanted to be Batman, but I don't naturally tend towards Batman. I tend towards Robin, but I did get to play Superman.

  

  Yuri Lowenthal
  • Play
  • Always
  • Superman

• As a musician myself, it annoys the hell out of me to watch an actor trying to play a guitar out of time with the music.

  

  Sam Palladio
  • Time
  • Music
  • Trying

• All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.

  

  Irwin Shaw
  • Good
  • Remember
  • Bad

• I was a breakdancer as a kid. I was on one of the top break dancing teams in Australia.

  

  Manu Bennett
  • Kid
  • Dancing
  • Australia

• You lay out a plan and - say a three-year plan or a two-year plan - and say, 'This is what we can do. We can do the transportation packages, like the highway bill and the water bill, and we can do some of these other areas - a farm bill - whatever it is, we lay out a schedule, and we put that committee to work to do that.'

  

  Dan Webster
  • Work
  • Water
  • Transportation

• Live every day as if it's going to be your last, and one day, you'll be right.

  

  Malachy McCourt
  • Live
  • Day
  • Everyday

• I have a company called Earl Campbell Foods. I got into the meat business in 1991.

  

  Earl Campbell
  • Business
  • Company
  • Meat

• I've always had an addictive nature.

  

  Gail Porter
  • Nature
  • Always
  • Addictive

• I don't think that attorneys should be in any way running for governor.

  

  Victor Mitchell
  • Think
  • Way
  • Running

• Have I been wiretapped? Yes. But who they said wiretapped me was incorrect.

  

  Farrah Fawcett
  • Me
  • Said
  • Yes

• I learned a long time ago that fame and money is not a ticket to happiness.

  

  M. Ward
  • Time
  • Long
  • Money

• All action takes place, so to speak, in a kind of twilight, which like a fog or moonlight, often tends to make things seem grotesque and larger than they really are.

  

  Carl von Clausewitz
  • Action
  • Speak
  • Twilight

• Our people have proven their desire for continuing with reforms. We complete the march today with those who have an honest patriotic desire for more progress and reform.

  

  Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
  • People
  • Today
  • Desire

• Balancing my career between two industries has never been an issue. I started with a Telugu film and have a soft corner for the south industry, though I've grown up speaking Hindi. I don't think language can be a barrier when it comes to acting. And, since I come from a theatre background, I'm used to memorizing my lines.

  

  Kajal Aggarwal
  • Up
  • Career
  • Language

• I think starting in anime, like I did, gave me a good idea of how to approach games that come from Japan. Japanese developers can be very different from companies here in the western market.

  

  Laura Bailey
  • Good
  • Different
  • Think

• When I was a child, the FA Cup was one of the crown jewels of the sporting year, along with the Grand National, Wimbledon and The Open. But with every announcement it seems to lose another piece of its identity. First it was sponsors added to the name, followed by the semi-finals at Wembley.

  

  Gary Neville
  • Child
  • Identity
  • Name

• As I plotted 'Blueprints,' I realized that ageism against women is most obvious in the field of entertainment - and that I needed a TV show in my book.

  

  Barbara Delinsky
  • Women
  • Book
  • Most

• We always say Jordan is not rich in natural resources - we don't have oil or gas like some of our neighbors do - but I think in terms of human resources, we are quite lucky and we are really trying to foster an environment of innovation and technology. I think Jordan will emerge as a center of innovation in the Middle East.

  

  Queen Rania of Jordan
  • Trying
  • Technology
  • Environment

• I'm having a good time. I'm going to treat every game and every day as if they are my last because I now know that they could be.

  

  Eric Davis
  • Time
  • Good
  • Game

• I strike up conversations all the time and it is very interesting, finding out about things I know nothing about.

  

  Peter Ackroyd
  • Up
  • Time
  • Interesting

• The work of healing is not my work, but by faith, healing is done. The work of deliverance, great and mighty deliverance, is not my work but is my faith in Him. It is not the works of righteousness which I have done, but according to His grace. I am a product of His grace.

  

  T. B. Joshua
  • Work
  • Great
  • Done

• Humor writing requires a rhythm and timing, as well as some kind of connection to the reader, and I think that's how I tap into it.

  

  Kristan Higgins
  • Writing
  • Connection

• There are directors you never, ever want to get close to. Lubitsch was one. Outside of the work, I don't think I ever said five words to him. Mamet was pretty much the same thing. His mind is working all the time.

  

  Don Ameche
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