Roberto Orci Quotes

Studios, to cut through the clutter, want recognisable titles. But that does not excuse you, as a writer, from having an original story.

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• Some things are so tragic that you don't know what's funny in it, and some things are so ridiculous you don't know if it's worth talking about it.

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • Know
  • Funny
  • Talking

• I guess I've always been really attracted to period pieces and always felt visually I was probably more made for the '50s or the early '60s than I am for a modern day.

  

  Carla Gugino
  • Day
  • Period
  • Modern

• In London there was an article about all these girls bending it like Beckham, and in India there's this big wave of girls playing football. Wow! I can't believe a movie's done this!

  

  Parminder Nagra
  • Believe
  • Done
  • Movie

• When people have lost their jobs or are afraid of losing their jobs in the future, they lash out. They want others to know about their fears, their pain.

  

  Madeleine M. Kunin
  • People
  • Future
  • Lost

• Common Core reminds us what testing can do right. Modeled on standards of the world's education superpowers, questions demand critical thinking and creativity. Students are asked to write at length, show their work, and explain their reasoning.

  

  Wendy Kopp
  • World
  • Work
  • Thinking

• I tend to stay away from the comics.

  

  Idris Elba
  • Away
  • Stay
  • Tend

• I've always had a man's mindset, and that's why I mostly have men friends, and that's why I've been around so many men. I've always been a tomboy. And any man that knows me will tell you I'm not a girly girl.

  

  Karrine Steffans
  • Men
  • Why
  • Friends

• I know about raising money.

  

  Nancy Pelosi
  • Money
  • Know
  • Raising

• There aren't many people in the world who can say that they are doing the job they've wanted to do since childhood, so in that regard, I feel incredibly fortunate.

  

  Karin Slaughter
  • People
  • World
  • Job

• It's a trap I've fallen into earlier in my career - trying to be liked. Don't do it. When I watch TV and I see someone trying to make me like them, acting cute or quirky or goofy, I'm not impressed. Don't act like America's watching you. Just latch onto your character. Characters are flawed. Be unlikeable. Be flawed. Be a person.

  

  Nathan Fillion
  • Trying
  • Character
  • America

• I grew up loving musicals. My mom had records of original cast recordings, and one of them was 'She Loves Me.' I wore that thing out singing along to Barbara Cook when I was eight years old.

  

  Laura Benanti
  • Up
  • She
  • Me

• Unlike the messier MySpace, Facebook has a cleaner and easier-to-customize interface and is much more, as Zuckerberg once described it to me, 'utilitarian.' I would call it useful and more relevant than other competitors, and a white-label version would likely be a hit.

  

  Kara Swisher
  • Me
  • Useful
  • Facebook

• Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever... it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.

  

  Aaron Siskind
  • Long
  • Feeling
  • Forever

• It's a time to reflect and appreciate all the contributions that others have made to my career and my life. My vision is nothing that hasn't been gleaned or understood from watching and working with so many people I admire before me.

  

  Karen Kain
  • People
  • Life
  • Time

• Even, today, when people tell me I'm beautiful, I do not believe a word of it.

  

  Uma Thurman
  • People
  • Believe
  • Today

• Seattle is a fantastic place to build a great technology-enabled consumer company.

  

  Dan Levitan
  • Great
  • Technology
  • Place

• When I was performing on streets, there was no pressure. People accepted me. They loved me without knowing me.

  

  R. Kelly
  • People
  • Me
  • Loved

• To survive as a species on this planet, we're going to have to see ourselves as Earthlings.

  

  Mae Jemison
  • See
  • Planet
  • Survive

• When I'm in the studio, there are no boundaries.

  

  Justin Timberlake NSYNC
  • Boundaries
  • Studios
  • No Boundaries

• There are three forms of visual art: Painting is art to look at, sculpture is art you can walk around, and architecture is art you can walk through

  

  Dan Rice
  • Architecture
  • Through
  • Paintings

• Being clear of clutter is one of the greatest aids I know to discovering and manifesting the life you want.

  

  Karen Kingston
  • Knows
  • Discovering
  • Manifest

• When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?

  

  Park Shin-hye
  • Marriage
  • Thought
  • Year

• Studios, to cut through the clutter, want recognisable titles. But that does not excuse you, as a writer, from having an original story.

  

  Roberto Orci
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  • Studios
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