Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) Quotes

Hollywood was a good influence because I was madly in love with films, and the films had a direct influence on me.

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• I get offers all the time from film makers, but they are unknown quantities. I don't go there and do experiments.

  

  Dan Aykroyd
  • Time
  • Film
  • Unknown

• With the decline of America's global preeminence, weaker countries will be more susceptible to the assertive influence of major regional powers.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • America
  • Influence
  • Will

• Stax was rejoicing in the difference in who we are, and that's what you see in the film.

  

  Ted Lange
  • You
  • Film
  • Difference

• When it's time to film and to actually take on the role of Precious, I felt an immense responsibility to do it justice.

  

  Gabourey Sidibe
  • Time
  • Responsibility
  • Justice

• My mum is my biggest critic. She said I was good for the first film, but I can still be better, and I need to polish my acting skills.

  

  Hansika Motwani
  • Film
  • Acting
  • Skills

• The entertainment medium of film is particularly tuned to the present imaginations of people at large. A lot of fiction is intensely nostalgic.

  

  J. G. Ballard
  • People
  • Present
  • Film

• In Paris, I met a young American person who immediately became the primary inspiration which awakened my vision and the leading influence that had directed my forces. Throughout my career as an artist, I refer to this person by the word 'Woman.'

  

  Gaston Lachaise
  • Career
  • Woman
  • Vision

• The discourse of the West and the attitudes of its leaders are important because they influence public debate in Turkey.

  

  Safak Pavey
  • Important
  • Influence
  • Debate

• Punk's influence on music, movies, art, design and fashion is no longer in doubt. It is used as the measurement for what is cool.

  

  Malcolm Mclaren
  • Music
  • Art
  • Fashion

• Most people seem unaware that corporate influence and wealth has taken over public policy, such that government policy now favors the wealthy few at the expense of the people.

  

  Hank Johnson
  • People
  • Government
  • Taken

• Female characters in literature are full. They're messy: they've got runny noses and burp and belch. Unfortunately, in film, female characters don't often have that kind of richness.

  

  Frances McDormand
  • Kind
  • Film
  • Literature

• Oftentimes, when you have a huge studio film and you have big names attached, they like to keep attaching big names.

  

  Taraji P. Henson
  • You
  • Like
  • Film

• I'm drawn to projects where I play these really complicated characters, but also where I can have some type of influence on affecting what we see as societal norms.

  

  Rami Malek
  • Play
  • See
  • Influence

• Although anything can happen when under the influence of ice water.

  

  Kat Dennings
  • Water
  • Influence
  • Ice

• I, talking about my children, of course I wanted them to succeed in life, they have to choose whatever job or occupation that they want, I will not try to influence.

  

  Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
  • Life
  • Children
  • Job

• On the clothes front, I have a designer who sits with the director for each film to chalk out a look for me based on the script.

  

  Mahesh Babu
  • Film
  • Look
  • Director

• I make sure that whatever film I do, I enjoy my role.

  

  Hansika Motwani
  • Film
  • Enjoy
  • Role

• I've only used my own voice about four times on film.

  

  Ian Hart
  • Film
  • Voice
  • Own

• You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it's all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.

  

  Maya Angelou
  • Positive
  • Influence
  • Experiences

• It's always good to take something that's happened in your life and make something of it comedically.

  

  Larry David
  • Life
  • Good
  • Always

• Fair play is an English word. It is not a French word, and it has been copied all over the world. Unfortunately, it does not function any more here.

  

  Arsene Wenger
  • Play
  • Function
  • Fairs

• We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end.

  

  Blaise Pascal
  • Driven
  • Sail
  • Sphere

• Hollywood was a good influence because I was madly in love with films, and the films had a direct influence on me.

  

  Ray Bradbury
  • Film
  • Influence
  • Direct