Eriq La Salle (Erik Ki La Salle) Quotes

The films that have influenced me and the films that have motivated me and inspired me were films that resonated, films that made me think after I saw them.

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• That's what film can do in a way that TV and other long-form storytelling can't. It gives you this very immersive moment.

  

  J. C. Chandor
  • Long
  • Way
  • Film

• I'm confident, motivated.

  

  Rafael dos Anjos
  • Motivated
  • Confident

• My first film is coming out, and it's in 3D, and it's 'The Hobbit,' so it's a bit weird.

  

  Adam Brown
  • Film
  • Weird
  • First

• I've only used my own voice about four times on film.

  

  Ian Hart
  • Film
  • Voice
  • Own

• In most cases, the news is not really news. But in some cases, discoveries are made and should be listened to.

  

  Dan Shechtman
  • Should
  • Made
  • News

• I know actors come around and they always talk like that, but I don't do publicity if I don't like the film.

  

  Barbara Hershey
  • Know
  • Like
  • Film

• By the time we've made it, we've had it.

  

  Malcolm Forbes
  • Time
  • Made
  • By The Time

• So, it's nice to know that you've inspired someone to do their life's work.

  

  Wanda Jackson
  • Life
  • Work
  • Know

• Film is much more visual, a scene is typically a lot shorter, you're dealing with a lot more characters, a lot more locations, and you're able to rely on things that you just can never do on the stage.

  

  Beau Willimon
  • You
  • Film
  • Just

• 'Blazing Saddles' is one of the funniest movies ever made.

  

  Adam McKay
  • Movies
  • Made
  • Ever

• Beautiful film music can be made relevant to any period.

  

  A. R. Rahman
  • Music
  • Beautiful
  • Film

• Today too, the most important issue in the world is Palestine. If a war breaks out in Iraq, we believe it is due to the provocation of the Zionists. If it happens in Afghanistan, it is because of their provocation. If Sudan is oppressed, it is due to Zionist seduction. We consider all the arrogant, colonialist schemes to be inspired by the Zionists.

  

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
  • World
  • Believe
  • Important

• The Rhapsody is not a composition at all. It's a string of separate paragraphs stuck together - with a thin paste of flour and water… I don’t think there has been such an inspired melodist on this earth since Tchaikovsky… but if you want to speak of a composer, that's another matter.

  

  Leonard Bernstein
  • Together
  • Earth
  • Water

• Some big actresses told me a few things that inspired me. One said that the biggest challenge for a female actress was to make sure they are not profoundly bored. Another told me to just do whatever you want - do anything.

  

  Elizabeth Banks
  • Challenge
  • Inspired
  • Bored

• One of the nice things about songwriting is you can be inspired by absolutely anything.

  

  Jens Lekman
  • Nice
  • Inspired

• I don't think people do anything out of fear very well. So I think the only choice is to have them intrinsically motivated.

  

  David M. Kelley
  • People
  • Fear
  • Motivated

• I have been motivated by this idea since I was a kid that if we invented machines that were created in the way that people are - were aware, have free will, inventive machines, machines that would be geniuses - potentially, they could reinvent themselves. They're not just applying it to other things - they could actually redesign themselves.

  

  David Hanson
  • People
  • Free
  • Motivated

• I write a lot more when I'm happy, because you're hopeful, you're motivated.

  

  Andrew Bird
  • Happy
  • Motivated

• Though there are lessons that can be learned about becoming a great leader, most exist inherently in the bellies of those who lead.

  

  Simon Sinek

• I think anyone who behaves boorishly but without a good sense of humor is not as fun to watch.

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
  • Good
  • Fun
  • Humor

• Writing does produce a very unique satisfaction. There are times when I'm writing that it's frustrating or appalling or difficult, but when it goes well, it goes really well, and there is a feeling of rightness, like I'm doing the thing I was meant to do, almost in a mystical way, like I'm at an appropriate angle to the world.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • World
  • Writing
  • Feeling

• In 'There's Something About Mary' and 'Dumb & Dumber,' I ended up improvising quite a bit of my scenes, and later I didn't even remember what I'd said because I just winged it. When I went and saw the movie, I was as stunned as everyone else was.

  

  Harland Williams
  • Up
  • Remember
  • Movie

• I'm interested in utopian communities of the past. Many of them didn't survive and I'm examining closely the reasons they failed.

  

  Marina Abramovic
  • Past

• The films that have influenced me and the films that have motivated me and inspired me were films that resonated, films that made me think after I saw them.

  

  Eriq La Salle
  • Film
  • Inspired
  • Made