Jon Favreau Quotes

I think that part of the reason that 'Iron Man' was so successful was that we really chose to break new ground in a new area tonally, cast wise, the way we depict the hero, what his abilities are. It felt fresh in a genre that is beginning to feel stale if it's not done with the proper amount of inspiration and a strong voice or tone.

Jon Favreau

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For me, the lean times were a wonderful, beautiful time of my life, struggling for many years in regional theater all over the country for not much money.

J. K. Simmons
- Life
- Time
- Country
When I was 8 or 9, I started using bulletin board systems, which was the precursor to the Internet, where you'd dial into... a shared system and shared computers. I've had an email address since the late '80s, when I was 8 or 9 years old, and then I got on the Internet in '93 when it was first starting out.

Aaron Patzer
- Internet
- Old
- Computers
It's extraordinary what children put up with. I happened to see two of my uncles put my father up against the wall of my grandmother's house and knock his teeth out, because he'd been unpleasant to my mother. The next day I went upstairs and found my father making a rather half-hearted attempt to gas himself.

Jack Straw
- Up
- Children
- Mother
When I was six, the Korean War broke out, and all the classrooms were destroyed by war. We studied under the trees or in whatever buildings were left.

Ban Ki-moon
- War
- Trees
- Buildings
I needed to really pursue music and learn what I needed to learn on my own by getting in and doing it, not by reading a book about it.

Kacey Musgraves
- Music
- Book
- Reading
I do get approached occasionally, but not a ton. I'm unrecognizable because I'm coated in cat hair and sweat. And there's a sort of yeti quality to my presence... so I don't think that people can see the face.

Kate McKinnon
- People
- Quality
- Hair