Steven Moffat (Steven William Moffat) Quotes
Writing for adults often means just increasing the swearing - but find an alternative to swearing and you've probably got a better line.
Quotes to Explore
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When I meet someone who I really admire, I enjoy nothing more than trying to connect with them and asking them about their career. I want to know who the people are behind the performances and how they relate to their performances. But it's maybe not as novel as it once was.
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The creative works of the entertainment industry belong to the millions of people who make them and are not for others to steal or unlawfully distribute.
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You just have to go to bat and take a swing. And if you're not right for a part, or it goes to a British man, they may remember that you showed up, knew your lines and were good. And maybe they'll call you in for something else.
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I don't trust Santa Barbara as far as I can spit. I am afraid that if I went back there, it's possible that I could be run through their system, their judicial system, and wind up in some county jail where I could be killed and I'm not gonna take that chance.
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Meeting Oprah Winfrey, I cried like a baby. Meeting Steven Spielberg, I cried like a baby. Meeting Denzel Washington, I gushed like a crazy woman. If I don't get excited or star struck by someone I've been dying to meet, it's time to retire.
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I have learned so much from God that I can no longer call myself a Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Jew.
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'House of Cards' opened some doors. I've been able to tackle some diverse stories and characters.
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I remember I did a boxing class. I remember sparring one time, and the guy smacked me right in the nose, and I was just like, 'What is this? No. No. None of that.
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New York is really the place to be; to go to New York, you're going to the center of the world, the lion's den.
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I hate admitting that my enemies have a point.
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I love home. I'll stay up there for days on end, I won't even go down the driveway to look for the mail.
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Anything that consoles is fake.
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Assad owes his continuation in power to the intervention of Russia in 2015 to prop up his regime.
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I am interested in people. I'm interested in telling stories, whether that is behind the camera or in front of the camera.
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We played it as long as we could play it on that CD and I think it might be 50 minutes, maybe. What you have to do is play a couple of songs and then get off the stage because everything that trails it sounds stupid.
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I go through my day remembering things like telephone cords.
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I'm a bit of a groupie.
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I find that when I play reality-based characters, it is only as fun for me if I have a lot of time to do research. If I don't it just isn't exciting but if I do, it can be fun because I can learn about that person and the world that they live in and I can become somebody else.
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When I write I have no loyalty except to historical truth as I see it and care no more about British achievements and mistakes than any other.
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When France was the only reference for chefs to learn, you could go everywhere in the world, and they would copy dishes directly because they didn't have much expanded imagination or technique or knowledge.
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Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.
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I'm always trying to make something that is impossible to film. Why would somebody just read a novel when they can see it on TV or in the cinema? I really have to think of the things fiction can do that film can't and play to the strengths of the novel. With a novel, you can get right inside somebody's head.
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I've always felt that a space is as good as a fill.
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Writing for adults often means just increasing the swearing - but find an alternative to swearing and you've probably got a better line.
