Tony Gilroy (Anthony Joseph Gilroy) Quotes

No one should feel sorry for a successful screenwriter.

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• The whole atmosphere of the book, the tone of 'The Hobbit,' is of a kid's adventure story, told in the first person by Tolkien, who is introducing young people to the notion of Middle-earth. A lot of it is very light-hearted.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • People
  • Book
  • Earth

• It wasn't until I went to college and I got my first motorcycle that I understood the thrill of speed.

  

  Vin Diesel
  • College
  • Speed
  • Motorcycle

• The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • World
  • Money
  • Value

• I didn't feel like I was meant to be a nurse or a secretary.

  

  Mamie Van Doren
  • Feel
  • Nurse
  • Secretary

• These are moments in your life to be cherished; they don't come around that often. To be flying around in a 'Game of Thrones' jet, to be greeted by massive enthusiasts.

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • Life
  • Game
  • Moments

• Justice must not only be seen to be done but has to be seen to be believed.

  

  J. B. Morton
  • Done
  • Justice
  • Seen

• Talking to people from the heart matters, and it's unfortunately something brands have forgotten about. Celebrity endorsement deals try to gain recognition for brands, but at their core, what matters is if the celebrity truly backs the brand.

  

  Fat Joe
  • People
  • Heart
  • Celebrity

• Mom was all about hellfire and brimstone. Her Old Testament God was a colossal, ancient brute, a maelstrom of blood and fire, of appetite and wrath.

  

  Laird Barron
  • God
  • Mom
  • Fire

• I can't live without a sense of humor. I need to be laughing and entertained at all times.

  

  Carlos Ponce
  • Live
  • Humor
  • Sense Of Humor

• I was determined to be an actor and make a name in the industry, and hence, I did.

  

  Nawazuddin Siddiqui
  • Actor
  • Name
  • Determined

• Whoever stands by a just cause cannot possibly be called a terrorist.

  

  Yasser Arafat
  • Just
  • Cause
  • Stands

• For me, life is about experiencing many new things and working with good people, working on good projects, and in general, just having any kind of job.

  

  Nargis Fakhri
  • People
  • Life
  • Good

• The public always picks quality.

  

  Randy Jackson Breakfast Club
  • Quality
  • Always
  • Public

• My brother never got an opportunity to throw a pitch, and I didn't want the same thing to happen to another young kid.

  

  Pedro Martinez
  • Opportunity
  • Brother

• Most pitchers are too smart to manage.

  

  Jim Palmer
  • Smart

• Because Bin Laden's culture doesn't permit the worship of images, they understand how powerful images are. We wouldn't have thought of creating a visual bomb. In a way, he's chopped down two iconic buildings, and used our very truth imagery, to express himself. It's fascinating... I mean, dreadful.

  

  Alison Jackson
  • Truth
  • Culture
  • Powerful

• If you're a woman and a guy's ever said anything romantic to you, he just left off the second part that would have made you sick if you could have heard it.

  

  Louis C. K.
  • Guy
  • Sick
  • Romantic

• He stands erect by bending over the fallen. He rises by lifting others.

  

  Douglas Horton
  • Lifting

• Truth is a point of view, but authenticity can't be faked.

  

  Peter Guber
  • Truth
  • Authenticity

• I want to be remembered much more by a total vision than a few perfect single pictures.

  

  Ernst Haas
  • Perfect
  • Vision
  • Remembered

• The smallest change in perspective can transform a life. What tiny attitude adjustment might turn your world around?

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • Life
  • World
  • Change

• But I don't think that it's a form of family that I would be comfortable in. I've found a way to this character and this family, but I still believe that a marriage is between two people and not seven or three.

  

  Jeanne Tripplehorn
  • People
  • Believe
  • Family

• God gave me the gift of faith. I don't mean that in any miraculous sense, I mean through the parents who educated me, through the brothers and sisters I grew up with, the schools I went to, there was this influence upon me which was the faith, in the concrete. I accepted it, I questioned it, I grew up with it, and in the end, as a mature adult, I continue to accept it.

  

  George Coyne
  • School
  • Mean
  • Brother

• No one should feel sorry for a successful screenwriter.

  

  Tony Gilroy
  • Successful
  • Sorry
  • Screenwriters