Richard Thomas Quotes
I loved being in the room with Mamet as a director - he is the most generous, funny, delightful person to work for every day.
Quotes to Explore
-
I love my work but do not know how I write it.
-
I don't miss acting at all.
-
One of the things jazz has always excelled at is translating the reality of the times through its musical prism.
-
Whatever they did for democracy, the U.S. interventions in the Middle East and the vaunted Arab Spring have proved to be pure hell for Arab Christians.
-
Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out.
-
I'm not a one-issue person.
-
I didn't know what it was not to work hard as I grew up.
-
I believe that misconceptions about oneself that one does not correct where possible act as a bad magic.
-
If you take a frozen box and stick it in the microwave, you become connected to the factory. We've forgotten who we are.
-
Other people notice the same things but they don't think to put it to music.
-
It's the first time that I've ever had an art show based on a film, but it's a photography collage.
-
I am very interested in place, and the influences of place on characters.
-
To teach a child an instrument without first giving him preparatory training and without developing singing, reading and dictating to the highest level along with the playing is to build upon sand.
-
When first starting to work with someone you try to get them in the same mindset that you were in when you were successful, and I realized the best thing you can ever do is realize that they are not you. They have a different persona and mindset, and you have to figure out what works best within your communication with that athlete.
-
I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality.
-
Before we move forward with new efforts to lower the barriers to international free trade, we must review the consequences of the policies of the past and address the problems of the present.
-
Every restaurant needs to have a point of view.
-
My mother always accused me of being in love with the sound of my own voice. When we went on road trips, she'd be like, 'Stop singing. Be quiet, you're talking just to hear yourself speak.' It was probably true. I like to ramble on, which is probably why I'm well suited to interviews. You know, there's no other forum where you're literally supposed to sit down and just talk for hours about yourself. I love it.
-
Without fear I can acknowledge that the authentic Christian tension is not between life and death, but between life and life.
-
Comedy is a tool of togetherness. It's a way of putting your arm around someone, pointing at something, and saying, 'Isn't it funny that we do that?' It's a way of reaching out.
-
Craig McDean was probably one of the first people I shot with. I shot with him for years with Tommy Hilfiger and a few other jobs. He's just so nice and just a super normal, funny guy.
-
Sometimes people say I'm a political comedian, which, actually I'm not. I'm a comedian who sometimes discusses politics, culture - again, the word 'politics' to me is just life.
-
I loved being in the room with Mamet as a director - he is the most generous, funny, delightful person to work for every day.
