Jessica Lange Quotes

Sometimes the odds are against you-the director doesn't know what the hell he's doing, or something falls apart in the production, or you're working with an actor who's just unbearable.

Jessica Lange

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• I was a little hesitant at first because there's so many ways you can get 'Straight Outta Compton' wrong. You know, it's such a great story; it's such a classic tale. I was a little nervous 'cause it's like a very narrow road to success with that type of story - you got to get it right - but when I read it, I was pleasantly surprised.

  

  F. Gary Gray
  • Great
  • Success
  • Road

• I was never that kid who used to brag about anything.

  

  Aaron Taylor-Johnson
  • Never
  • Kid
  • Used

• As a costume designer, I first try to figure out what the character's economic situation is and hit the stores they'd shop.

  

  Patricia Norris
  • Character
  • Situation
  • Try

• I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.

  

  Gary Oldman
  • Guy
  • Never
  • Punk

• I'll always find the things that make a role complicated!

  

  Eddie Redmayne
  • Always
  • Find
  • Complicated

• I don't like cooking just for myself; I enjoy feeding other people, particularly outdoors.

  

  Zac Brown Band
  • People
  • Myself
  • Enjoy

• Whether it goes to series or stands by itself, I'm proud of what we did with it, not only from the standpoint of what it could have been, but for itself.

  

  Yancy Butler
  • Proud
  • Only
  • Did

• To be filled with God is a great thing, to be filled with the fullness of God is still greater; to be filled with all the fullness of God is greatest of all.

  

  Adam Clarke
  • Great
  • God
  • Greatest

• Touring is an incredibly isolated situation. I don't know how people tour for years on end. You find a lot of people who can't stop touring, and it's because they don't know how to come back into life. It's sort of unreal.

  

  Kate Bush
  • People
  • Life
  • Stop

• I've spent a great deal of time over the past decade as a caregiver for various family members. It gives me a perspective on the struggles that many New Yorkers face with illness, disability, health care, insurance difficulties, and trying to work with and also take care of family members.

  

  Wendy E. Long
  • Time
  • Work
  • Great

• They teach anything in universities today. You can major in mud pies.

  

  Orson Welles
  • Today
  • You
  • Teach

• I like to keep a bottle of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.

  

  W. C. Fields
  • See
  • Snake
  • Bottle

• Makeup can help you capture a moment.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Help
  • Moment
  • Makeup

• I try not to read the blogs or what people say about me. Because that's what brings everybody down – no matter what you do, you're always going to have haters.

  

  Vanessa Hudgens
  • People
  • Try
  • Read

• As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view.

  

  Madeleine Albright
  • Different
  • Understand
  • Leader

• I love my fan base because they never high-five me; they always get really shifty and hide. Adam Sandler's fan base are like, 'Hey!' and high-five him and want to hang out, but mine go behind pillars and get really freaked out.

  

  Kate Beckinsale
  • Like
  • Fan
  • Hide

• I remember one time that I was filming a scene in whych my character rides through Troy on a chariot. I just looked around at this incredible set thinking 'This is the life'.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Life
  • Time
  • Thinking

• I couldn't bloody believe a prime-time TV show would have an Iraqi ex-Republican Guard torturer as a main character.

  

  Naveen Andrews
  • Time
  • Believe
  • Character

• "Do you like card tricks?" "No, I hate card tricks," I answered. "Well, I`ll just show you this one." He showed me three.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • Hate
  • Magic
  • Three

• My way of getting the best from people on a set is to notice their work, to make every prop master, every seamstress, part of 'The Newsroom' or 'The West Wing' or 'Steve Jobs.'

  

  Aaron Sorkin
  • People
  • Work
  • Best

• I teased Randy Orton because he started using my finish, the Angle Slam. I said, 'Hey, I don't mind you using it, but at least give it a name.' When he hits it, the announcers just say, 'Well, he just hit that... thing.'

  

  Kurt Angle
  • Mind

• I learned the most important thing is to put yourself in the shoes of the players.

  

  Jeff Fisher
  • Important
  • Shoes

• Sometimes the odds are against you-the director doesn't know what the hell he's doing, or something falls apart in the production, or you're working with an actor who's just unbearable.

  

  Jessica Lange