Sean Connery Quotes
Most movies shot in Italian don't even bother to record the sound. In fact, sometimes when Fellini works, he doesn't even know what the dialogue is going to be, and he simply has his characters count from 1 to 10, knowing he will loop in their dialogue later.
Quotes to Explore
-
Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game.
-
Most of man's problems upon this planet, in the long history of the race, have been met and solved either partially or as a whole by experiment based on common sense and carried out with courage.
-
My dream role is Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion.
-
I like winning. There's also a certain joy in it. I feel fulfilled by it.
-
It was a great thing to be a human being. It was something tremendous. Suddenly I'm conscious of a million sensations buzzing in me like bees in a hive. Gentlemen, it was a great thing.
-
Knowledge is sometimes superfluous: when we need it, we have it not.
-
But we cannot just take this historical fact for granted. We must make it live.
-
I believe that writers have a responsibility to evolve the language, whether by introducing new words or new usages. Shakespeare alone is responsible for something like 3400 words and phrases.
-
I write to please me, and I've been very lucky. It's like playing baseball. You just keep swinging, and eventually you get a hit.
-
Whether it's threats to Medicare, cuts in education spending, or Internet privacy, the ramifications got young people out to vote and should be enough to keep them involved in our political system.
-
I never read my reviews... not even the good ones. Barbra Streisand once told me, if just one person in the audience doesn't applaud, it bothers her. I'm the same way. I'd be devastated to read that someone didn't like my work.
-
Regardless of my legislation, spending has to be stopped.
-
During war, the laws are silent.
-
Somebody can become a celebrity for being stupid. That is what it's turned into.
-
Throughout the 1970s, '80s and '90s, federal mandatory minimum laws were implemented that forced judges to deliver sentences far lengthier than they would have if allowed to use their own discretion. The result has been decades of damage, particularly to young people.
-
If anything changes shape or takes off without me, I'll come after you and kill you. I'm too type A.
-
He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.
-
Being a teenager is hard.
-
Cowboy movies aren't supposed to be in vogue. I still like them. You know, I'm still out there pitching the hell out of them.
-
I'm lucky enough to be able to make only movies I'm interested in seeing. That has to be an instinctive thrust. The audience knows when you're faking it. They can hang any kind of moniker they want on me.
-
There's a saying in Africa: 'To find out you are pregnant is to have one foot in the grave.'
-
I was treated better than others, simply because there was so much public attention. In my case, they did adhere to the eight-hour workday required by law. The other women were often forced to slave away for up to 16 hours a day.
-
Authenticity is more than speaking; Authenticity is also about doing. Every decision we make says something about who we are.
-
Most movies shot in Italian don't even bother to record the sound. In fact, sometimes when Fellini works, he doesn't even know what the dialogue is going to be, and he simply has his characters count from 1 to 10, knowing he will loop in their dialogue later.
