Anna Funder Quotes

I had very good eyes once. Though it's another thing to say what I saw. In my experience, it is entirely possible to watch something happen and not to see it at all.

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• I always watch the work I do.

  

  Tamara Tunie
  • Work
  • Always
  • Watch

• It's fascinating to see actors who do voiceovers every day.

  

  Karine Vanasse
  • Day
  • See
  • Everyday

• You should see all the negative things that the Romanian press writes about me.

  

  Victor Ponta
  • Me
  • See
  • Negative

• If a remake is not good, no one wants to see it and, again, it doesn't hurt the original.

  

  Sam Raimi
  • Good
  • Hurt
  • See

• When improv is bad, it's excruciating to watch, and to be involved with it is a unique type of torture.

  

  Zach Woods
  • Bad
  • Unique
  • Watch

• Historical methodology, as I see it, is a product of common sense applied to circumstances.

  

  Samuel E. Morison
  • See
  • Product
  • Common Sense

• If I like something, I will pick it up from anywhere and wear it. I don't believe that only branded stuff looks good on you. If it doesn't look good in my eyes, I'll never wear it.

  

  Kajol
  • Up
  • Good
  • Believe

• People say, 'How does having kids change your writing? Do you see the world through their eyes?' No - you just become a faster songwriter... In the old days, you'd be like, 'Oh I'm gonna work on this song for a few days.'

  

  Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam
  • People
  • World
  • Work

• I want to see more Asian. I want to see more Latin. I want more Indian. There's more than Mindy Kaling out there, guys! There's more than Bai Ling.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Want
  • See
  • More

• I have to earn re-election. That's the way I see it.

  

  Yvette Clarke
  • Way
  • See
  • Earn

• So you've decided to travel around the world. This is an excellent thing to do. It's a precious place, this planet. We should see it.

  

  J. Maarten Troost
  • World
  • Travel
  • See

• Watch how you communicate with a woman. Because you're always communicating, even when you're not talking - with your body language, your facial expressions, your eyes.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Eyes
  • Woman
  • Language

• I feel like we have to keep our eyes on the road. Being nostalgic is like taking an offramp and getting a sandwich - and then you get back on the highway. I don't want to be spending the rest of my life at the gas station.

  

  Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam
  • Life
  • Eyes
  • Rest

• I'd like to see one person - just one - who would own up to having been a coward.

  

  Edith Piaf
  • Up
  • Like
  • Person

• There are two smells that I can recognize right away. The smell of the boxing ring and the smell of a garage. That's where I grew up. I can recognize these places with my eyes closed.

  

  Olivier Martinez
  • Up
  • Eyes
  • Boxing

• I was raised to sense what someone wanted me to be and be that kind of person. It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

  

  Sally Field
  • Time
  • Long
  • Eyes

• When I'm creating a character, I don't see it so much as playing someone else as just playing a specific part of myself under certain circumstances.

  

  Oscar Isaac
  • Character
  • Myself
  • See

• Americans do not have a good track record when it comes to preparing for disasters, unless they see a clear possibility of personally being in harms way.

  

  Irwin Redlener
  • Good
  • Way
  • See

• Let's not get too precious about it: actors are not heart surgeons or brain surgeons. We are just entertaining people.

  

  Malcolm McDowell
  • People
  • Heart
  • Brain

• An almost perfect relationship with his father was the earthly root of all his wisdom. From his own father, he said, he first learned that Fatherhood must be at the core of the universe. [speaking of George MacDonald]

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Father
  • Relationship
  • Perfect

• I knew my own situation, my own town, and I knew I had it in my hand. Once I got it, I knew I could do things that no civil rights march ever did.

  

  Carl Stokes
  • Hand
  • Situation
  • March

• Don't say it was delightful; make us say delightful when we've read the description. You see, all those words (horrifying, wonderful, hideous, exquisite) are only like saying to your readers Please will you do the job for me.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Writing
  • Job
  • Words

• I had very good eyes once. Though it's another thing to say what I saw. In my experience, it is entirely possible to watch something happen and not to see it at all.

  

  Anna Funder
  • Eyes
  • See
  • Watch