Umberto Eco Quotes
Writing doesn't mean necessarily putting words on a sheet of paper. You can write a chapter while walking or eating.
Quotes to Explore
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We're dealing with sophisticated customers. What's most important to these women is individuality. I have to create things she'll want to wear, no matter who she is.
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If I get to a place early in the morning, I try to walk around by myself. I still try to find cool places to go to, like a record store in St. Louis or some restaurant in Chicago.
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I believe that I'm a hillbilly in my values and in my attitudes, and I don't want to lose that. I think it's possible to maintain a big chunk of that identity so long as you're self-reflective and meaningful about it.
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A plan is always successful if the plan is good.
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I never thought about having a daughter, and then I had a daughter, and it was a remarkable thing. It was very different from having a son and your response to it. With a son, it's much more complex. And it's probably because of my stuff in the past. With a daughter, I was surprised at how simple it is.
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I save everything. I have these carefully organized file boxes. Somewhere in there is a section of the 'New York Times' where I wrote 'The Border Guard' in the margin.
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Ain't no place like New Orleans. It's one of kind.
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I wouldn't do a film like 'The Dirty Picture.' I have a husband and kids, and I won't be able to do justice to such a role. You need a certain mentality and ease to carry such a character.
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The key step for an infielder is the first one... but before the ball is hit.
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There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.
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Part of what's so tricky in a film that's two hours long is how many themes can you effectively explore.
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I am fascinated with religion or things that people believe in and question that. I think it's interesting.
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When we were making KONG, I went into the sound room and made an aria of horror sounds. I was in charge of it; there was no one there to listen to me. I was totally in charge of what I wanted to do.
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I would love to do something like 'Beverly Hills Cop'. I'd get to be funny and cool and heroic all in the same breath.
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I've been told I'm a player, but people still don't always return my calls.
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I had done chorus before in school, but I was only trying for an easy A. I was a bass going 'dum dum da doo wop.'
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I don't think I can speak of the achievements of Indian cinema because it's so large next to me. It's not stopping. It's ever-growing. We are going towards the right direction. We are evolving as a filmmaking industry as actors, directors, producers, singers, musicians. Everybody just pushing the boundaries.
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All issues of crime are better addressed at the state level.
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Why I was so intrigued with Red Skelton was because he was able to make you cry and laugh and the same time. That was power.
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9/11 was a signal that we were living in a new world - a world of interdependence, a world in which people could attack the United States not from the outside, but from the inside. It was a sign that the United States, the most powerful country in the world, could watch the cathedral of capitalism at the Trade Center and the heart of its defense at the Pentagon be struck internally, not really across borders, so that borders don't matter anymore.
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I'm not one of those people who thinks they simply deserve success. I have the drive to work.
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In Brazil, a poor man goes to jail when he steals. When a rich man steals, he becomes a minister.
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Fugazi, Fugazi. It's a wazy. It's a woozie. It's fairy dust.
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Writing doesn't mean necessarily putting words on a sheet of paper. You can write a chapter while walking or eating.
