Joel Coen Quotes
I think when you watch the dailies, the film that you shoot every day, you're very excited by it and very optimistic about how it's going to work.
Quotes to Explore
-
I like to do everything you can possibly do before you go into rehearsal, because once we are in rehearsal or on the stage there will be a problem I didn't anticipate. It's really good to think we got it all nailed - of course you've never got it all nailed.
-
Funny is an attitude.
-
I need to feel as if everything is clean and in its proper place before I can even attempt to write one word. At least, that's what I tell myself. I make the bed, I put away the dishes, maybe I dust, maybe I do the laundry, maybe I go to the post office.
-
I would say if you have a dream, follow it. It doesn't really matter whether you are a woman or from India or from wherever.
-
I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
-
Men whose sense of taste is destroyed by sickness, sometimes think honey sour. A diseased eye does not see many things which do exist, and notes many things which do not exist. The same thing frequently takes place with regard to the force of words, when the critic is inferior to the writer.
-
To be honest, I think, for me, the power is always with art. The art world clearly couldn't happen without art.
-
When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
-
My father was a civil servant in northern India where I was born. As a boy I saw the dire effects of poverty and illiteracy, especially on women and children. It often seemed that the only thing separating me from them was luck.
-
I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.
-
We are all focused each and every day on doing our jobs, chief executive of our states, until the very last hour that we are in office, and certainly the president is as well.
-
I do think that 'Pretty Little Liars' has raised the bar in how social media can tie into the fan base watching the show.
-
The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.
-
I wear tweed jackets and button-down shirts. I am a 1955 graduate of Harvard University who drives a 1968 Mercedes.
-
My advice to anyone would be to focus on your current job and be the best at it. The rest will take care of itself.
-
Doctrines provide an architecture for both Republican and Democrat presidents to carry out policies.
-
In my next life, I want to be a housecat. Naps all the time!
-
When I got my Oprah money, the first thing I bought was a really nice electronic bidet toilet seat.
-
I have 10 children. I've got my eighth grandchild in the oven with Kimberly. I have all these wonderful kids.
-
Shale is one answer to the U.K.'s energy problem, and it has obviously worked extraordinarily well in America.
-
I think it's inconsistent to tell the American people that you oppose the war and, yet, you continue to vote to fund the war. Because every time you vote to fund the war, you're reauthorizing the war all over again.
-
Men can be men and still get excited about other men kicking a ball around and they're never mocked, whereas it's easy for women to take mocking on board, to be belittled. Because we're used to it.
-
I like to wear more traditional work outfits like pants and a blouse, but I want the blouse to have something that is a little bit different and interesting - like with some studs on it or a little bit of lace. I want to feel comfortable and confident and don't want to have to think too much about what I wear every day.
-
I think when you watch the dailies, the film that you shoot every day, you're very excited by it and very optimistic about how it's going to work.
