George C. Wolfe Quotes
Every play is rhythmic control. If you want an audience to go on a journey, it's rhythmic control. You're crafting when they lean in, when they push back, when they breathe, when they surrender.
Quotes to Explore
-
I personally enjoy theatre, but preferably I do films so that I can reach up to maximum audience. If you want to give a serious message, it will reach out to maximum people through films. But through theatre, you can hardly reach out to about 3,000 audience at a time.
-
I inherited some Chanel pieces from my mother. I've worn Prada - absolutely. Wonderful designers are inspiring. I also love designers not known. I love a lot of vintage pieces. I am pretty minimal, pretty classic.
-
For me, whenever I would see a lot of 'black films,' I didn't feel represented in it. I didn't feel connected to the characters or the situations or the humor.
-
People deal with models like they are children. They think they can pull one over on you. It's actually funny. I'm always like, I'm about to pull something on you, and you're so focused on thinking I'm dumb, you're not even going to know.
-
In the Seventies, a lot of executions via electric chair failed because of technical problems. Seed tells the true story of someone who survived and sought revenge. They buried him alive to make it seem he was dead.
-
My parents wanted us to be well-rounded individuals and really have the American experiences as richly as one can.
-
As far as I can remember, every dime I ever had went to something extravagant. I would rather spend more, buy fewer items and have them forever.
-
But with each passing year and each new study, the evidence for the genetic contribution to individual and group differences becomes more firmly established than ever.
-
For me, to just have my own shoe is unbelievable. As a kid, you see Jordans and wonder what that feels like to have your own shoe, and the fact that I have one is really surreal.
-
My whole career has been trying to please people in basketball. Now it's time to please myself.
-
Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
-
I love the crowds at festivals because they're so chilled out.
-
If you are only big in China, you are only a local Chinese company.
-
It's always a wake-up call to get beaten.
-
This is the first time in 10 years I don't know what I'm doing next, and I'm rather enjoying it. Soon I'll be climbing the walls no doubt, but right now, it's not clear, I'm just enjoying the freedom.
-
I try to get over to Iraq and Afghanistan as much as I can.
-
The typical output deal from a studio is 10 to 14 movies a year.
-
I think that's it's really important to have good friends. Nowadays, you can text 24 hours a day and be in constant contact, but every once in a while, it's nice to just get out with your girlfriends and have fun.
-
Mentally ill people come from all belief systems.
-
There is so much talent among our young people; I hope the women in 'Hidden Figures' inspire them.
-
What's great about TV, and what I love about being on 'Parenthood,' is you have this family. I'm now going on four years of working with the same 100 people, and that helps you feel like your life has more roots. It's more conducive to having a family, and you're staying in town. So that part is amazing.
-
You have no control [over natural disaster]. That's what's scary about it. You're helpless. That feeling of helplessness is really scary.
-
Every play is rhythmic control. If you want an audience to go on a journey, it's rhythmic control. You're crafting when they lean in, when they push back, when they breathe, when they surrender.
