Abi Morgan Quotes
What's great about the way 'Shame''s been received is that I kept on thinking there's no way this film will be received well since I've had such a good time.
Quotes to Explore
-
It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
-
For me to be here tonight, everything had to be perfect. I had to get drafted by Utah, had to play with a point guard like John Stockton, and had to be coached by Jerry Sloan and Frank Layden.
-
I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.
-
It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.
-
I never had plastic surgery. I had a nose procedure done because I had to. I had no cartilage in my nose; I have a piece of cartilage from my ear put into my nose. I had a medical procedure done. I have no plastic in my nose.
-
Anyone who knows me knows what I'm about - how much I'm into empowerment, equal rights and everyone just loving themselves.
-
Blogs are quite a new development - now, everyone wants to know you, everyone wants to know everything about you. And you can build a following that way. In a way, it's a good thing if you want to create a buzz around yourself.
-
I have to make little movies. I have to sit and film.
-
I actually like to sing on 'Rock Band.' I prefer to take the mic.
-
Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
-
I remember in particular my first victory when I achieved a very fast time in what were perfect conditions but since then the wind has always been a factor against me.
-
To be honest, as an actor, job security is not a trait.
-
No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
-
If Obamacare is so wonderful, why is it that its loudest advocates don't want to be subject to it?
-
I live - I live a highly scheduled life. There's absolutely no time wasted. I'm very focused. And I have a great assistant.
-
I wish my teammates, coaches and the entire Lions organization all the best.
-
As much as we need to approve the Keystone pipeline, we need to think far broader than that.
-
Spain used to be very individualistic in its sporting activities. Now we are showing we are pretty good in teams - that is an improvement.
-
Our immigration system is a broken system that needs to be fixed. We need reform that provides hardworking people of good character with a real path towards citizenship.
-
I turn on the TV sometimes, start watching something and think: 'This seems quite good, a bit familiar.' Then I realise... It's one of my movies. It's a pretty odd feeling.
-
You have twenty-one days to shoot a whole movie and sometimes you go into that thinking 'ugh, this could potentially be really, really difficult' and it turns out to be the most incredible experience.
-
It's hard work just being on set 14 hours a day.
-
If anyone knew where they were, I'd send the ISDBB (Incredibly Stupid and Dumb Beyond Belief) award to the two guys who tried to break in to the Ohio penitentiary.
-
What's great about the way 'Shame''s been received is that I kept on thinking there's no way this film will be received well since I've had such a good time.
