David John Haskins (David J) Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I've traveled all the way around the world; I've been to over 95 countries, so I love ethnic food, different types of cuisine.
-
People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
-
Healthy is in the eye of the beholder.
-
I believe in the impossible because no one else does.
-
I don't think auditioning will ever faze me again after the 'Grease' TV experience. It was fierce. There were thousands of people auditioning in four cities. I flew from home in Minneapolis to audition in L.A. I waited in line all day. I arrived at 7 A.M. and wasn't seen until 6 P.M.
-
I've always been fascinated by how the past impacts the present. For the first half of my career as a novelist, I wrote psychological suspense mysteries. I wanted to be a therapist but was told that while I was a fine diagnostician, I would be a terrible therapist because I wanted to solve everyone's problems.
-
Seeing a catering truck feels like home.
-
America is another name for opportunity.
-
I've always been extremely physical. I was a gymnast for 15 years, and then I was a dancer for nine, so I was kind of looking for these parts. But we have a tendency in Denmark not to do many action films.
-
The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
-
Richard Lester is a wonderful director, a great comedy director, of course.
-
People weren't buying as many records. My record company did not want me. I went through three record companies, went on tour at the wrong time. It destroyed me.
-
I have to have a cheat day. I know when I'm being good all week long that come Sunday, I'm going to lie by the pool, have a drink, and eat some pizza.
-
Athletes don't like to get up early, but it never bothered me.
-
Without trust, you have nothing: trust is so important to me.
-
If anything changes shape or takes off without me, I'll come after you and kill you. I'm too type A.
-
Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave.
-
Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disk jockey is not allowed to talk.
-
I viewed black musicals before 'Jelly' as a form of cultural strip mining. The exterior remained, but all the culture that signified where the people had come from and their connection to the earth was absent.
-
Hispanic values are conservative values. Hispanics are highly religious, they're very strongly pro-traditional family... not only pro-family, but also pro-life. They are highly patriotic.
-
No doors were locked, few shut. There were no disguises and no advertisements. It was all there, all the work, all the life of the city, open to the eye and to the hand.
-
I like to really know what every scene is about, what the text is, what the subtext is. Then I figure out how to express that when I'm shooting.
-
At the end of the day it's going to hurt your feelings if someone says something mean about you, but I've learned to take a step back and ask myself if it's really going to affect me, if this person who I'm never going to know or meet doesn't like me - and it doesn't.
-
Life is to short to be little.
