James Frain Quotes
Sometimes it's fun to be the guy who doesn't know that he's bad, like the character I played in 'True Blood'.
Quotes to Explore
-
It's insane that people have these Internet identities. It has very little to do with who we really are. As a writer, who I'm friends with, how I spend my time, what I look like, what I wear, what I eat, what kind of music I like - it's totally not important to the work.
-
I still remember my first Giacometti exhibition, and going back to the museum every day, whenever I could, to look again and again at these long, thin stick figures, so beautiful, so graceful. That, I think, was the moment I became really obsessed by art.
-
That a majority of the Abolitionists in this place would patronize a free labor store, in preference to others, I do not doubt; but we do not muster money in Cincinnati.
-
New Year's Eve, we're going to be doing a concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Symphony Hall. It makes me feel good, because of all the people they could have had, they wanted me! We do have to do a little work with the rhythm section.
-
There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to break this vicious circle.
-
Long Kiss Goodnight has a huge cult following. They could make another version of that movie right now and make a lot of money.
-
I am going to keep having fun every day I have left, because there is no other way of life. You just have to decide whether you are a Tigger or an Eeyore.
-
If you're not in it you can't win it.
-
Teaching can be learning, especially if student curiosity with the question 'What's going on here?' can be elicited.
-
Jennifer Lawrence is just the coolest girl.
-
Acting is the ability to dream on cue.
-
Sometimes I can be misunderstood. I'm really competitive.
-
Genius always finds itself a century too early.
-
There's something extremely bizarre about the way people consume media now.
-
According to the perverse aesthetics of artistic guilty pleasure, certain books and movies are so bad - so crudely conceived, despicably motivated and atrociously executed - that they're actually rather good.
-
Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow.
-
The way I work, things are very nuanced; not everything is explained.
-
In metros, girls are very independent, conscious and aware. But in the interiors of our country, where education is not given importance, they continue to be oppressed. But it is important for every woman to acknowledge what she wants from herself rather than going for what people expect from her.
-
A song just doesn't have verse-chorus-verse. It could just be one line. There are Chinese love songs that you have to learn one melody for a three-minute thing, and nothing ever repeats. I like that.
-
A cold, self-righteous prig who goes regularly to church may be far nearer to Hell than a prostitute.
-
I watched her and her Aunt Lina stare at each other for what seemed a long time. Something was being said. Something important. Something that had to be said without words.
-
A scientist can pretend that his work isn’t himself, it’s merely the impersonal truth. An artist can’t hide behind the truth. He can’t hide anywhere.
-
I could write songs as bad as Wham's if I really felt the urge to, but what's the point?
-
Sometimes it's fun to be the guy who doesn't know that he's bad, like the character I played in 'True Blood'.
