James Frain Quotes
The problem with trying to make a film good and have it work for an audience is the problem of trying to tell a story well. The shape or the color of it doesn't matter.
Quotes to Explore
-
Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.
-
I'm not of the American ilk that, you know, your lover needs to be your best friend and know you inside out. I think he should know you well enough to please you. Otherwise, what secret will there be to tell him when you're ninety?
-
People often try to disguise televisions. I always think that makes it worse. It is what it is!
-
I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
-
ISIS is at war with America, but America is not at war with ISIS - not the president, nor the Congress, and certainly not the American people.
-
It is as difficult to define or classify Islamic cinema as it would be a Christian, Jewish or Buddhist one.
-
I'm in love with music, and I'm pregnant by it. It's like having twins. Or triplets. Or eight-lets!
-
One hazard of our job on TV is people are always checking us out and noting every pound we've gained or haven't quite lost.
-
The Wreckoning is a darker song. But the record is positive.
-
The guy who says, 'I love the challenge of managing,' is one step from being out of a job.
-
Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie.
-
I think that there's a tendency for actors who play strong women to have them take on all the worst characteristics of men, to become cold and detached and hardened.
-
You can't do every movie - although I do a lot of them - and the thing I'm longing to do is... it's not that I think I'm funny... but I long to do a situation comedy.
-
It's just difficult to see that people want to be like the actors and the performers and the politicians who are - who they see all the time, but the people that are probably having the most fun are the writers and the directors and the producers and the scientists, right, the people in the back that are getting to do the creative process.
-
We all love to be admired and given compliments, but I don't really keep track.
-
My sister and I said, Dad, are you doing to do anything about that? And he mentioned treatments other people sent him that he'd been working on. So we thought it would be kind of cool to give these guys a real script.
-
Every writer writes in different ways, and so some write the music first, while others write the lyrics first, and some write while they are doing other things, and it is just nice to see how other writers are writing.
-
Microsoft, Disney, Ford, Facebook, and a hundreds and thousands of other companies that affect us daily all began life as baby companies, aka start-ups.
-
Let me get it straight. Your father was king. You were his only son. Your father dies. You are of age. Your uncle becomes king." "Yes." "Unorthodox.
-
You realize when you're pregnant how lucky you are to have access to medical care.
-
My favorite body part? My feet. They're not pretty, but they get me where I want to go.
-
I play with toys. I have one plane that travels with me. It travels with the equipment.
-
God's been pretty good to me. He made me duck all those punches that were supposed to land.
-
The problem with trying to make a film good and have it work for an audience is the problem of trying to tell a story well. The shape or the color of it doesn't matter.
