Michael Patrick Jann Quotes
Basically, when I look at my life, I think I'm lucky to be given the opportunities I've had.
Quotes to Explore
-
The reason I like Portland is the idea of going to a supermarket and knowing there's no way to be recognized. L.A. is so social.
-
Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression, because power, real power, comes from our conviction which produces action, uncompromising action.
-
Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.
-
Few things are as essential as education.
-
I never had any film training. I went to Northwestern. I studied education and theater. So it was all theater training.
-
Auditions are not a natural environment, and you feel judged, even though everyone is just excited to find the right person.
-
Each race (or variety) is characterized by a more or less distinct combination of inherited morphological, behavioral, physiological traits.
-
I really like to please people, and I think it's a symptom of being an only child.
-
Remember that creating a successful marriage is like farming: you have to start over again every morning.
-
I give the degrees of things seen by the eye as the musician does of the sounds heard by the ear.
-
Lo que sé lo soporto con lo que no sé.
-
I was a drummer and I played the guitar.
-
Gentlemen, start your egos.
-
I think I need to be taken away, dropped in some territory with just a lot of loud guys.
-
Think your own thoughts.
-
It's time to review what damage the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission has done to our political system.
-
What I have noticed is that no two places in Calcutta are alike. I like the bylanes and the old places. This city has a lot of character.
-
Sometimes we don't want to be lectured; we prefer to be taken on a journey.
-
Fashion is a very stressful place to work because of the demands of doing the shows - no one expects a writer to produce two books a year on the dot - but it's also a very toxic place to work.
-
Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.
-
Don't say yes to something just because it's an opportunity.
-
It takes a long while for a director to cease thinking in terms of the result he desires and instead concentrate on discovering the source of energy in the actor from which true impulses arise.
-
Basically, when I look at my life, I think I'm lucky to be given the opportunities I've had.
