Frank Abagnale Quotes
I did not make this film about Frank Abagnale because of what he did . . but because of what he has done with his life the past 30 years.
Quotes to Explore
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I remember reading the cruelest, most awful thing about my hair online. A person speculated about who I was as a person and even read into my personal life based solely off my hairstyle. He or she said I must be lazy because I have short hair. It was just devastating.
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You will die but the carbon will not; its career does not end with you. It will return to the soil, and there a plant may take it up again in time, sending it once more on a cycle of plant and animal life.
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I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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I would enjoy having dinner with the poet/playwright Derek Walcott.
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My parents were divorced by the time I was even conscious - like, I don't remember them ever being together.
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I want every day to be life for the living, not just traipsing through it existing. I'm just interested in life and the world and exploring.
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Listen to the sounds of nature. Wishing you the best on your trek towards your dreams.
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Self-confidence has always been one of my good qualities. I am always very confident. It is in my nature to be confident, to be aggressive. And it applies in my batting as well as wicketkeeping.
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I really feel that New York City is the greatest city in the world.
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Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions.
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It's hard to say this about a guy like Eddie Van Halen, one of the greatest guitar players who ever lived, but he's really limited to a style and they're locked into it.
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We have no chance to comprehend what goes on there - it's so dramatic, and people are so poor. We all felt bad about being there. Filming in India felt like we were going to borrow something knowing that we were never going to give it back.
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The two major challenges for the 21st century are to improve the economic situation of the majority and save as much of the planet as we can.
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When the iPhone came out, every CIO in America said, 'You're not bringing that into our corporate environment,' my CIO included.
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I know that I am very popular in Holland, in fact I have visited Amsterdam several times to publicize my books. I have a great publisher in Holland and they have published all of my books in Dutch.
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I like that the 'Underworld' series created a whole other world that's totally different yet familiar to our own.
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I've been writing and composing songs since I was 5 years old.
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Expressing oneself is like a drug. I’m so addicted to it.
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Being with someone who is smart and gives good advice adds tremendously wonderful elements to your life.
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Probably the worst time in a person's life is when they have to kill a family member because they are the devil. But otherwise it's been a pretty good day.
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A song is fire. You react to it primally, instantly. You don't have to decide whether you like it, and you don't really have to sit down and think about it much after you're done listening to it. It really does run through you like wind.
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I did not make this film about Frank Abagnale because of what he did . . but because of what he has done with his life the past 30 years.
