Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin Quotes
There might be one little thing that makes all the difference, one note or one word. The fine-tuning is all important, and you've got to stay there until you get it right ... That's why it can take years.
Quotes to Explore
-
Let's judge a man on what he's done.
-
The main objective of our cinema is to entertain. If you can pass on a message at the same time, that is fantastic, but if the audience does not feel they are going to be entertained by the film, they are not going to watch it. There are many examples of very responsible and great films that are being made, but nobody goes to watch them.
-
I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.
-
I love so many styles of music.
-
After 'Pitch Perfect,' I only want to be in sequels. No. 2 of whatever.
-
The late Seventies was the death of the manufacturing age in the United States. It was also a time when the Pictures Generation artists were getting started. They co-opted the language of advertising. The factory disappeared, and weirdly, so did the art object - it was the age of making gestures, not objects.
-
I'm a little angry in life.
-
There can be no literary equivalent to truth.
-
To assume that someone's views are invariably influenced or shaped by his or her partner is lazy. It is an intellectual crutch we grope for when we do not have an effective counter to someone's argument.
-
I didn't and don't go to Internet for any business purposes. The book sales for me by this point are way beyond any influence I might have, positively, or others might have, negatively.
-
Otherwise I don't read much adult poetry at all, because I'm not smart enough and mostly I don't get it.
-
Chicago's buoy was a couple of hundred yards astern of Arizona, and I was saddened to look at her.
-
With so many of our fundamental rights hanging in the balance, it is not good enough to simply roll the dice, hoping a nominee has changed his past views. It's not good enough to think, 'This is the best we can expect from this president'.
-
I've been taking batting practice in my barn where nobody can see me, so I may be better than anyone thinks.
-
I feel so much more comfortable when I'm working on material which makes other people scratch their heads and ask, 'You're going to make a musical out of that?'
-
The thing about Marvel is that they're not - they're into real acting. They're looking for artists that are willing to take chances and are willing to create characters. Even if that character has been around for years and years in comic books, they still are depending on us to create something and take it somewhere else.
-
As your career grows, the list of things that makes you happy should not become smaller, it should become bigger.
-
Nothing can happen more beautiful than death.
-
We were in love with 'Mean Streets' and 'Taxi Driver.' We had no idea why nothing remotely like that was done in Denmark.
-
Some people don't believe in aliens. I do believe in aliens. But I believe they gave up on people a long time ago. Wouldn't you? I think there's a few liberal aliens out there, still hangin' in,
-
Terrorism will spill over if you don't speak up.
-
I love acting with kids, cause they're great acting partners. They're totally present. Even when they're acting, they're still available and you can crack them up or something weird will happen and they'll go with it.
-
I'm hungry for VMAs and Grammys. That's my main goal.
-
There might be one little thing that makes all the difference, one note or one word. The fine-tuning is all important, and you've got to stay there until you get it right ... That's why it can take years.
