Stephen J. Cannell (Stephen Joseph Cannell) Quotes

The first act is the easiest to plot. The second act is always the hardest to plot. Generally a good, you know, sometimes the third act can be difficult because you can get into a rut in the third act - everybody runs to their Corvette, has a chase, and you catch the bad guy.

Stephen J. Cannell

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• I am completely in favour of dialogue and engagement. But it must be a true, open dialogue.

  

  Ma Jian
  • Open
  • Engagement
  • Dialogue

• When I was nine years old, my family lost our home, and the six of us moved into my grandparents' converted garage.

  

  Becky G
  • Family
  • Home
  • Lost

• If I give five flops, I won't get a job. You have to perform at the box office when you are at the top. No one is running a charity here. People are putting huge amounts of money to make movies, and they want the films to be successful. They have invested money in you, so it is your duty to make sure the film does well.

  

  Abhishek Bachchan
  • People
  • Money
  • Job

• Whether it's as the hero of an adventure story, as teacher and friend, as icon on watch, shirt or hat - everyone knows Mickey Mouse.

  

  Warren Spector
  • Friend
  • Teacher
  • Hero

• There has been a strong tradition in this country that it is not the function of the military to educate the public on political issues.

  

  J. William Fulbright
  • Country
  • Political
  • Strong

• It's time to acknowledge that more government and higher taxes is not the answer to our problem.

  

  Dan Coats
  • Time
  • Problem
  • Government

• Let me tell you, my career went from zero to 900. Its hard keeping up with that pace, but I wouldn't trade it for anything else in the world.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Up
  • World
  • Career

• Music is like my security blanket.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Music
  • Security
  • Blanket

• Time will tell how you rate against the rest of the competition. I'll let everyone else worry about championships. I'm going to worry about qualifying at Pomona.

  

  Larry Dixon
  • Time
  • Rest
  • Worry

• I lived in San Pedro, California, which is, you know, on the west side of California, and it's where many, many Japanese lived.

  

  Yuri Kochiyama
  • You
  • Know
  • California

• The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity, the marriage is more important than fidelity.

  

  Dan Savage
  • Important
  • Marriage
  • Expectation

• If you do like what you do, you're cooperating and sharing.

  

  Victor Koo
  • You
  • Like
  • Sharing

• I always think it's really hard if you are Asian or Chinese to be really in Hollywood. There are not so many really great characters for you.

  

  Ziyi Zhang
  • Great
  • Think
  • Chinese

• A woman should have the right to carry a gun.

  

  Vicky Hartzler
  • Woman
  • Right
  • Gun

• I did send a girl a plane ticket asking her for a visit, I guess that's quite romantic.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Girl
  • Romantic
  • Her

• Art is something special because it can come up with a way of approaching the truth that is a little to the side.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • Up
  • Art
  • Truth

• I have worked very hard on being aware of my childhood but moving forward and not letting it bring me down emotionally. That is a hard thing - especially when you have children of your own and you remember what happened to you at that age.

  

  Samantha Morton
  • Children
  • Remember
  • Age

• Friendships are discovered rather than made.

  

  Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • Made
  • Friendships
  • Rather

• Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.

  

  Sam Walton
  • People
  • Believe
  • Amazing

• To live coram Deo is to live one’s entire life in the presence of God, under the authority of God, to the glory of God.

  

  R. C. Sproul
  • Life
  • God
  • Live

• There is no evil in human affairs that has not some good mingled with it. [It., Non e male alcuno nelle cose umane che non abbia congiunto seco qualche bene.]

  

  Francesco Guicciardini
  • Good
  • Evil
  • Human

• In general, I think comedy is more difficult to write, to direct, and to act successfully.

  

  Jack Lemmon
  • Think
  • Comedy
  • Difficult

• Starring in a science-fiction film doesn't mean you have to act science fiction.

  

  Harrison Ford
  • Science
  • Mean
  • Act

• The first act is the easiest to plot. The second act is always the hardest to plot. Generally a good, you know, sometimes the third act can be difficult because you can get into a rut in the third act - everybody runs to their Corvette, has a chase, and you catch the bad guy.

  

  Stephen J. Cannell
  • Difficult
  • Act
  • Plot