Sergio Leone Quotes
I had always thought that the 'good,' and the 'bad' and the 'violent' did not exist in any absolute, essential sense. It seemed to me interesting to demystify these adjectives in the setting of a Western. An assassin can display a sublime altruism while a good man can kill with total indifference.
Quotes to Explore
-
It's something you dream about, working in Scotland, working in Glasgow, walking down the same streets I used to walk down when I was a drama student, daydreaming about being in an American TV show or doing something that was well known. I guess I sort of pinch myself.
-
In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
-
You grow up and change your look. I feel different from how I did in my Playboy days. Now I think I'm in charge of toning down my look or not.
-
But, I couldn't live without creation gymnastics.
-
When I was in high school, I was doing all the plays. My drama teacher, Melody Duggan, was the one one who first made me do stand-up. She's the origin of the whole thing; it's all her. In high school in Denver, that was kind of the beginning of it all.
-
I do confess to being the exasperated, bossy, know-it-all, overachieving big sister.
-
There is no bigger aphrodisiac than power.
-
A distinction between renewable and not renewable energy is academic.
-
I don't have a typical filmmaker background. I didn't grow up with a super eight camera or a video camera. I didn't start cutting movies when I was four or five.
-
I think maybe because I do other things and they mean as much to me as movie acting, it takes the onus off me. It's not the end of the world if I can't get a film job, or if a movie doesn't turn out well - even though I don't like it when that happens.
-
Tired minds don't plan well. Sleep first, plan later.
-
I don't dislike babies, though I think very young ones rather disgusting.
-
I get so into the moment.
-
I like crazy shoes or unusual cowboy boots and I collect big belt buckles.
-
There is no music that can't be used politically, but the motives behind the creation of that music can be non-political.
-
I'm a huge sushi fan. I have it every couple of days.
-
If you look at one of the basic underlying tenets of liberty, it's freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom to access of information. If we start sequestering that and blocking it off, you're going to have pockets around the world that are going to become more and more isolated.
-
I see you're a man with ideals. I better be going before you've still got them.
-
I really love good food occasionally, but I need time to enjoy it, and I need to be hungry.
-
I love and adore being a mother. It's the greatest gift I've ever been given.
-
I took up boxing as a fitness thing. I got obsessed, and I would go every day when I wasn't working. It's just an insane sport when you get into it.
-
The man who grasps an opportunity as it is paraded before him, nine times out of ten makes a success, but the man who makes his own opportunities is, barring an accident, a sure-fire success
-
I had always thought that the 'good,' and the 'bad' and the 'violent' did not exist in any absolute, essential sense. It seemed to me interesting to demystify these adjectives in the setting of a Western. An assassin can display a sublime altruism while a good man can kill with total indifference.
