Mike Figgis Quotes
I made my first film on 16mm. Then I began using 35mm.Then I began working in Hollywood. And I began to really understand how films were made by professionals. I have to say I wasn't very impressed.Mike Figgis
Quotes to Explore
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My interest in magic was kindled by Steve Martin, the comedian I'd gone to high school with.
Gary McCord -
Conscience is God present in man.
Victor Hugo -
I think it's time we all agree that gender stereotypes are simply the confabulation of our own mind.
Naveen Jain -
I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
Samuel L. Jackson -
I remember when 'The Right Stuff' opened in Hollywood. I got dressed that morning and drove my car down to the theatre that it was playing on, thinking that there would be mobs of people outside. When I looked, there was nobody there.
Irwin Winkler -
My father was a headmaster in England and then the dean of a college in Australia. We moved there when I was about five, so my education was in Australia, and I always felt I was Australian even though my passport was British.
Olivia Newton-John
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Life is too short to be on a diet.
Taylor Jenkins Reid -
If anyone comes to me, I want to lead them to Him.
Edith Stein -
Living without hate for people is almost impossible.
Park Chan-wook -
I've always thought that gaming and YouTube and the web is a very post-punk extravaganza.
Malcolm Mclaren -
When I decided to go for four gold medals I planned it out over a few years. It was in four different events and there was a lot to it.
Carl Lewis -
Old age is not a disease - it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments, trials and illnesses.
Maggie Kuhn
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I like to be surprised. The best writing is when it defies me, when it starts going a different way than I had planned.
Wally Lamb -
It's a contract of connection to be in the same space and watch and listen to stories and be caught in them. When you're in a theater, your brain expands because somebody in the theater may do something or respond to something that you wouldn't have.
Forest Whitaker -
Our abode in this world is transitory, our life therein is but a loan, our breaths are numbered and our indolence is manifest.
Abu Bakr -
When the Americans see someone like Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg, who made billions thanks to their talent and determination, the first thing they say to themselves is, 'I want to be like him.' This, in many ways, is the engine that drives Western society: The desire to make it like the winners.
Yair Lapid -
Back when I was jamming with Axl and the guys they had boxes of cassettes with song ideas. How do you know which ones you like now when you have that many ideas.
Zakk Wylde Black Label Society -
Some people say we're (Coldplay) talented and some say we're the worst thing ever to happen to music, and it's a bit confusing being in the middle of that.
Chris Martin Coldplay
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Philly has been dominating things in the division. You aren't going to go anywhere until you can match up with them.
Joe Gibbs -
You should never think without an image.
Aristotle -
A book is more than the sum of its materials. It is an artifact of the human mind and hand.
Geraldine Brooks -
Money is made by sitting, not trading.
Jesse Livermore -
Connection is what one is after in probably most media, but certainly in film, which is an immersive medium.
Carter Burwell -
I made my first film on 16mm. Then I began using 35mm.Then I began working in Hollywood. And I began to really understand how films were made by professionals. I have to say I wasn't very impressed.
Mike Figgis