Lauren Greenfield Quotes
I've often used the extremes in my work to comment on the mainstream. I think that sometimes a subject that I'm working on, like popular culture, is so present all around us that they're hard to see. It's like: How do you see the air you breathe? How do you see how it affects you?
Quotes to Explore
-
When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic.
-
I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing my work!
-
Food is everything. Food, friends, family: Those are the most important things in life.
-
One Direction is the main thing I'm doing and I'm 100 per cent dedicated to the group.
-
As a musician myself, it annoys the hell out of me to watch an actor trying to play a guitar out of time with the music.
-
I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
-
A good indignation brings out all one's powers.
-
But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented.
-
I can work as a writer, but I wanted to do stand-up.
-
Every character I've ever played, I always try to take him right to the edge and not allow him to fall over, but directors have a tendency to pull me back a little bit.
-
A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend.
-
People who relieve others of their money with guns are called robbers. It does not alter the immorality of the act when the income transfer is carried out by government.
-
I've never been in a relationship before. I've only been in unrequited relationships where people haven't loved me back. I guess I'm a little bit attracted to that in a bad way.
-
I don't think Christ becomes real to us until we hit a low point in our lives and realize just how much we need Him. That's why faith affects every area of your life.
-
My father used to tell me about how musicians don't have respect from people and he was afraid about my future.
-
I've had loss in my life, and I like to think my mother's energy lives on in some faintly Buddhist way. I do find some comfort there.
-
People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job.
-
If you're constantly pushing yourself higher, higher, the law of averages - not to mention the myth of Icarus - predicts that you will at some point fall. And when you do, I want you to know this, remember this: There is no such thing as failure.
-
People love information. Right now in our society, we have an obesity epidemic. Because for the first time in history, we have access to food whenever we want, we don't know how to control ourselves. I think we have the exact same problem with information.
-
A lot of people will look at you and will fail to see your beauty because you're covered up and they're not used to it. So growing up, I just had to work on my people skills and give people a chance to really know me besides the clothing.
-
I'm just a member of the audience with each project I work on, and I hope to never lose that. It's my touchstone. It's the thing I never want to overanalyze.
-
The future has taken root in the present.
-
As a kid, I would always shop for my back-to-school clothes at department stores. I lived in a small town, and department stores were all we had access to.
-
I've often used the extremes in my work to comment on the mainstream. I think that sometimes a subject that I'm working on, like popular culture, is so present all around us that they're hard to see. It's like: How do you see the air you breathe? How do you see how it affects you?
