Brian J. Smith Quotes

As storytellers, we tend to want to force-feed everything and have everybody understand everything right away, and we freak out if they don't.

Brian J. Smith

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• Films are not the sole area in my life. Films are a passion. But it's not like I'll die if I don't get another movie. I'll grow, I'll flourish, I'll learn something new, but I'll always do something that I like. If I get the right film, I'll do it. I will not compromise for anything else.

  

  Kajol
  • Life
  • Movie
  • Die

• All writers want to know that someone is reading their work, taking them seriously. It provides a kind of moral support.

  

  Felice Picano
  • Work
  • Support
  • Reading

• I'm not very good in crowds, so I usually try to become as small as possible.

  

  Katee Sackhoff
  • Good
  • Small
  • Try

• People will put restrictions on your ability, on your aptitude, on your talent, on your character, and to be honest, it's just opinion. Don't let anyone put you in a box or draw your path for you.

  

  Victoria Pendleton
  • People
  • Character
  • Opinion

• R. Kelly is a thing on TV, but nobody knows Robert and what he's been through.

  

  R. Kelly
  • Been
  • Nobody
  • Through

• I tried to use words that were dealing with the emotional quality that any human being could recognize in the way that they felt about their country. It's to do with the world we live in. That world is a brutal one and full of war. It's also full of many wonderful things and love and hope.

  

  P. J. Harvey
  • World
  • Hope
  • Emotional

• I was one of those girls in class who always had her hair in plaits, was always with the boys, always playing football in the street.

  

  Katarina Johnson-Thompson
  • Football
  • Hair
  • Street

• My best hair care tip would be, choose a range that is right for your hair structure. Working with Pantene has made me realize the importance of this, and it really does make a difference. I have quite thick hair, so I use the Smooth & Sleek range.

  

  Victoria Pendleton
  • Best
  • Hair
  • Care

• I used to go in for Disney auditions, and they'd tell me, 'You're cute and nice but just not funny.'

  

  Gattlin Griffith
  • Funny
  • Me
  • Nice

• You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Remember
  • Success
  • Yourself

• I have always been a pretty big fan of ghost stories.

  

  Otto Penzler
  • Pretty
  • Always
  • Big

• Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law.

  

  Abbie Hoffman
  • American
  • Law
  • Justice

• It's almost always possible to be honest and positive.

  

  Naval Ravikant
  • Always
  • Positive
  • Possible

• I got my story, my dream, from America. The hero I had is Forrest Gump... I like that guy. I've been watching that movie about 10 times. Every time I get frustrated, I watch the movie. I watched the movie before I came here again to New York. I watched the movie again telling me that no matter whatever changed, you are you.

  

  Jack Ma
  • Time
  • America
  • Movie

• I can say without hesitation that there is certainly no greater show to be a contestant on than 'Price' - the prizes can be huge, and the whole world loves and watches the show. It's an American institution!

  

  Randy West
  • World
  • American
  • Watches

• I've been fortunate. I've worked in a lot of things where I had those kinds of experiences with actors who were perceived as very macho guys, everybody from Lee Marvin to Charlie Bronson to Harrison Ford to Robert Shaw.

  

  Carl Weathers
  • Experiences
  • Where
  • Macho

• Auch das gesteigertste psychologische Verstehen ist kein liebendes Verstehen.

  

  Karl Jaspers

• The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee, and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.

  

  John D. Rockefeller
  • People
  • Sun
  • Coffee

• I had new thoughts, willful thoughts, or rather thoughts filled with lots of won'ts. I won't let her change me, I promised myself. I won't be what I'm not.

  

  Amy Tan
  • Thoughts

• Sometimes I'll read an audition and I'll get a very strong first impression about who the person is, and I usually go with it.

  

  Kristin Bauer van Straten
  • Strong

• Tears are another river that takes us home. We become alive with tears. There isn't a chance to return to sleep when we are weeping.

  

  David Paul
  • Home
  • Alive
  • Return

• I turned a lot of people in white America - and not just white America, but middle-class America - into hip-hoppers, you know?

  

  Vanilla Ice
  • People
  • America
  • Know

• Once there was an old man who lived in a tiny village. Although poor, he was envied by all, for he owned a beautiful white horse. Even the king coveted his treasure. A horse like this had never been seen before - such was its splendor, its majesty, its strength.

  

  Max Lucado
  • Beautiful
  • King
  • Horse

• As storytellers, we tend to want to force-feed everything and have everybody understand everything right away, and we freak out if they don't.

  

  Brian J. Smith