Federico Fellini Quotes

Hype is the awkward and desperate attempt to convince journalists that what you've made is worth the misery of having to review it.

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• I worked on 'Game Of Thrones' for six years, so I'm very well equipped to handle hype surrounding television shows.

  

  Finn Jones
  • Game
  • Television
  • Hype

• Flirting is funny. And it's awkward and weird.

  

  Hannah Simone
  • Funny
  • Weird
  • Awkward

• I think a first-time director always has to convince a lot of people that they're ready to do it.

  

  Dan Gilroy Breakfast Club
  • People
  • Time
  • Think

• I'm awkward at these things. Just being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Karate Kid was a real surprise and I was a little uncomfortable.

  

  Pat Morita
  • Real
  • Best
  • Uncomfortable

• 'Feminism' is such an incredibly awkward word for us these days, isn't it? Not to be feminist would be bizarre, wouldn't it?

  

  Kate Atkinson
  • Word
  • Feminist
  • Feminism

• I feel like I go through an awkward phase almost every day.

  

  Cameron Dallas
  • Day
  • Everyday
  • Awkward

• As we were leaving the Huron camp, it was awkward filming. I think that the Huron watching us was there to create tension - maybe we wouldn't get out. Nothing complicated.

  

  Madeleine Stowe
  • Think
  • Leaving
  • Awkward

• We convince by our presence.

  

  Walt Whitman
  • inspirational
  • Convince
  • Our

• People make the mistake of drinking the Kool-Aid, believing your own hype, letting people tell you you're this or you're that or you're too this.

  

  Kat Dennings
  • People
  • Mistake
  • Drinking

• Obviously I'm not a role model for impressionable youth.

  

  Sam Kinison
  • Model
  • Youth
  • Role Model

• I practice yoga even when my schedule doesn't allow me to teach. I've been practicing for 17 years, since before it became hip.

  

  Brenda Strong
  • Practice
  • Yoga

• Once we're inside a tune, we can do anything with it.

  

  Keith Jarrett

• First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress.

  

  Marilyn Monroe
  • Myself
  • Prove
  • Convince

• Well, on tour I eat terribly, so I balance that by running a lot. And then I started to run with my fans in certain cities. It sounds very nerdy and un-rock n' roll, but I like it. It's fun, and it's better than meeting fans in weird, awkward circumstances. So I take them running with me.

  

  Ellie Goulding
  • Fun
  • Running
  • Rock

• The less you know about me the easier it is to convince you that I'm the character on screen.

  

  Kevin Spacey
  • Character
  • Knows
  • Easier

• To terrorize a man into believing in God is never the work of God, but the work of human expediency. If we want to convince a congregation of a certain thing, we may use terror to frighten them into it; but never say that is God's way, it is our way. To call that God's method is a travesty to the character of God.

  

  Oswald Chambers
  • Work
  • God
  • May

• Shane was silent a moment, then let out a long breath. "I bet I could convince you if I could get through these bars. . . ." "You'd get arrested all over again." "Well, you're just that tempting. Jailbait." He kissed her fingers, which made her shiver all over; his lips lingered warm on her skin, reminding her of what it felt like to be alone with him, in that timeless...

  

  Rachel Caine
  • Long
  • Alone
  • Moment

• The museums want large crowds coming to the shows - it's the same thing. It's hype. Absolutely. But there's nothing evil about it.

  

  Garry Winogrand
  • Evil
  • Shows
  • Crowds

• I was pretty confident that I'd be playing something, if James Gunn could convince Marvel Studios and Disney to cast me. He's involved with the casting too, but if he could convince them to go along with him and agree with getting me on the roster, then yeah, I would have voiced Groot. Not a problem. Groot is an awesome character.

  

  Michael Rooker
  • Problem
  • Involved
  • Convince

• I'm hyped up when I'm working. Some people eat when they're hyped up and some people don't. I'm the 'don't.

  

  Susan Sullivan
  • People
  • Working
  • Hype

• Journalism students need to understand it and need a solid background in the liberal arts, in sociology, economics, literature and language, because they won't get it later on.

  

  Harrison Salisbury
  • Language
  • Literature
  • Economics

• Big guys like you and me aren't allowed to whine.

  

  Brad Alan Lewis
  • Guys
  • Allowed
  • Whine

• People died of carelessness, of corruption, of abuse, and yet, in every round of voting, gave their enthusiastic approval to the politicians who made their life unbearable.

  

  Elena Ferrante
  • Politicians
  • Voting
  • Enthusiastic

• Hype is the awkward and desperate attempt to convince journalists that what you've made is worth the misery of having to review it.

  

  Federico Fellini
  • Convince
  • Awkward
  • Hype