William J. Mann Quotes
Let's be clear about one thing: a film about Katharine Hepburn is an excellent idea. She was one of the most fascinating, complex stars ever to grace a motion picture screen, and she deserves a full-scale, big-screen biographical treatment.William J. Mann
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Stax was rejoicing in the difference in who we are, and that's what you see in the film.
Ted Lange -
Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
Ugo Betti -
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 -
Being in a Woody Allen film. I cherish it.
Parker Posey -
Oftentimes, when you have a huge studio film and you have big names attached, they like to keep attaching big names.
Taraji P. Henson -
I write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty with concentrating, which in my case comes from being a film viewer.
Manuel Puig
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My boy cousins used to sit my older brother and me down and take us through a film-studies course. It included 'Tremors', 'The Goonies', and, of course, 'Star Wars'. That was when it began: sitting cross-legged watching as the opening crawl goes up the screen.
Felicity Jones -
I have no idea when it's going to be, when I'll retire.
J. J. Watt -
Why do you act? You act for an audience. In the theatre, you're in their presence. Film stars don't know what it is to have an audience.
Ian Mckellen -
I am deeply grieved by the loss of the crew of Columbia. I express my sincere condolences to the families and friends of the astronauts. I believe that their names will remain as the bright sparkling stars in the universe and will light the way for those who will follow them on the difficult roads of space exploration.
Valentina Tereshkova -
The idea was always to be an actor.
Caitriona Balfe -
If a person with a bullet in Dallas can change the world, imagine a person with an idea could do.
J. Michael Straczynski
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My role as Ewan McGregor's girlfriend in the film 'Incendiary' ended up on the cutting-room floor, but at least I had two brilliant days of acting with Ewan.
Natalie Dormer -
I love the idea that movies, like 'Fast Times,' can be iconic and change people's lives in little, tiny ways.
Taylor Negron -
I think that 'Mary Poppins' needs a subtle reader, in many respects, to grasp all its implications, and I understand that these cannot be translated in terms of the film.
P. L. Travers -
No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -
I love the idea of metamorphosing and changing, the legalized insanity of acting.
Taylor Negron -
I love film. I've always been enchanted by doing film. It's something I grew up watching - classics and directors I admire - so that's something I've always been passionate about.
Rami Malek
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When I lived in Nashville, Tanya Tucker and people like that were coming up, and I'm sure that Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette were going, 'What's that noise? That's not country.' It's always been this battle where whoever comes up behind the reigning stars isn't country enough. There really is a lot more crossover now.
Callie Khouri -
I think all our players were encouraged by the effort, and thought we had the right idea. Our execution came up a little bit short.
Phil Jackson -
You have this idea that you'd better keep working otherwise people will forget. And that was dangerous.
Robin Williams -
I'm saying the federal government is taking away the freedom of Americans to make choices.
Paul LePage -
Let's be clear about one thing: a film about Katharine Hepburn is an excellent idea. She was one of the most fascinating, complex stars ever to grace a motion picture screen, and she deserves a full-scale, big-screen biographical treatment.
William J. Mann