Anne Fortier Quotes
I'm from Europe, and I was very aware that there are a lot of literature snobs - especially in Europe. As soon as something becomes a success, it has to be bad, and then they'll do everything they can to stab it to death.
Quotes to Explore
-
We ought to have more women in various management positions, because women are the ones who decide almost everything in the home.
-
If there's a strange way to do something, I would certainly like to know about it. I feel that I owe that to my public.
-
Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
-
Some people ask me, Do they put aging makeup on you? It's just this very nice street makeup.
-
I loved being on the set of 'Field of Dreams' because I hung out with the baseball players all day, played cards, flirted with Ray Liotta, and had a ball.
-
Obviously, I never want to make the same record twice. I want to keep moving forward. That's the real challenge, I think.
-
People return my phone calls now, which is really interesting. I'll tell you what I've learned that's kind of bittersweet. So many doors have opened up. I've met everybody in the business. I'm fortunate people want to work with me.
-
He was just trying to tease me - I knew that later - but he said he'd have to leave because it wasn't fair to have anyone in the room who was going to make fun of what he had to say. He had a good sense of humor, really.
-
When I did 'The Cell' - no matter what you think of that movie, because I have my opinions of it too - it was, you know, I still have nightmares from the research that I did. Not from playing the part, just from the research.
-
When I graduated, I was director of my school's sketch comedy group, and I knew that I wanted to be writing and performing my own sketch comedy. It kind of made me want to do my own one-person sketch group.
-
I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
-
Where the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but be corrupt.
-
A lot of children remember seeing cartoons, 'Pinocchio' or 'Bambi' or something that breaks their heart. I remember seeing 'The Blue Angel' and it breaking my heart. It was the first time I realised there was an adult world - that adults could damage each other or destroy each other emotionally.
-
Ironically, I find it harder to get a foothold in Australia than I do in the U.S. When I was in Australia, I struggled. It can be a bit of a closed shop; it can be hard for a newcomer to break in, whereas in the U.S., it has much more of an open-door policy, and they will give anyone a shot.
-
I don't think there's anything worse than your parents being alive and telling you to go give them some money and just act like they're dead.
-
The first concert that my parents took me to was in this canyon in Saudi Arabia called Buttermilk Canyon. You sleep under the stars in the desert, and ex-pats - German, Swiss, Canadian, American - would play classical music that filled the whole canyon.
-
In the '70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if they'd take my passport away.
-
What I'm trying to do is get a change in the mindset so people move from a level of mere tolerance to total acceptance and eventually to celebrate diversity. If you feel comfortable with one another, it doesn't matter whether we live in which neighbourhood but we can interact with one another freely. It's a mindset.
-
Be humble, if thou would'st attain to wisdom. Be humbler still, when wisdom thou hast mastered.
-
A lot of comics make good actors. Actors make bad comics. They can't do it the other way round.
-
Sometimes our body is willing, but our mind is weak. Sometimes our mind is willing, but our body is weak. Do not be afraid. Strive to extend your capacity but do not be disappointed with yourself. What does not challenge us, cannot change us.
-
Death ends a life, not a relationship.
-
I'm from Europe, and I was very aware that there are a lot of literature snobs - especially in Europe. As soon as something becomes a success, it has to be bad, and then they'll do everything they can to stab it to death.
