Jerry Greenfield Quotes
We measured our success not just by how much money we made, but by how much we contributed to the community. It was a two-part bottom line.
Quotes to Explore
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The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.
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In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character.
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I loved being on the set of 'Field of Dreams' because I hung out with the baseball players all day, played cards, flirted with Ray Liotta, and had a ball.
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I think punditry serves no purpose.
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I end up pleading my case to alternative programmers - you're telling me that my music is too dark for pop, too pop for alternative, and urban radio won't touch it - so we have a record that doesn't fit in. And what is more alternative than that?
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Ideas? My head is full of them, one after the other, but they serve no purpose there. They must be put down on paper, one after the other.
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I really do not see why there is not a splendid field for good work on the music hall stage, and if I did not have my own theatre taking up my time, I should rather like to go into it.
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Most of us understand that innovation is enormously important. It's the only insurance against irrelevance. It's the only guarantee of long-term customer loyalty. It's the only strategy for out-performing a dismal economy.
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I connect with kids easily. They bring out the maternal side in me.
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Don't try to dress like me or wear your hair like mine. Find your own style.
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I like other people's kids and being able to give them back when I want to.
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I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.
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You might call me an accidental entrepreneur.
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There's a side to you as an actor, a selfish side, that wants to go on and play different roles.
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About 13-14 years ago, I went back to my alma mater, Fairfax High School, and ran into the music teacher. She invited me to come speak to the kids about the viability of a music career. When I went into the room where I used to play every day in a big orchestra, they had nothing!
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I used to brag that I can hold up any eviction - even if the landlord had legal rights, I could hold it up for a year.
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I loved doing 'Homeland.' I loved playing Brody.
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I'm not the sort of writer who can walk into a party and take a look around, see who's sleeping with whom and go home and write a novel about society. It's not the way I work.
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With improv, it's a combination of listening and not trying to be funny.
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There was a great deal of peer recognition to be gained in elementary school by being able to draw well. One girl could draw horses so well, she was looked upon as a kind of sorceress.
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I found it interesting that as people become more technically oriented all over the world, at the same time people are becoming increasingly spiritual. The success of the Da Vinci code - even though it was a great yawn - also showed people's interest in religion.
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Every gun sold should require a background check, period.
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No one person can take credit for the success of a motion picture. It's strictly a team effort. From the time the story is written to the time the final release print comes off the printer, hundreds of people are involved - each one doing a job - each job contributing to the final product.
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We measured our success not just by how much money we made, but by how much we contributed to the community. It was a two-part bottom line.
