Marianne Elliott Quotes
If you are working in a publicly subsidized building, then you have a responsibility to deliver truly interesting, risky, innovative, even provocative work. Work that speaks to your audience in many resonant ways. The priority is less about the financial rewards.
Marianne Elliott
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The main objective of our cinema is to entertain. If you can pass on a message at the same time, that is fantastic, but if the audience does not feel they are going to be entertained by the film, they are not going to watch it. There are many examples of very responsible and great films that are being made, but nobody goes to watch them.
Abhishek Bachchan
I have an ambition to write a great book, but that's really a competition with myself. I've noticed that a lot of young writers, people in all media, want to be famous but they don't really want to do anything. I can't think of anything less worth striving for than fame.
Zadie Smith
I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrible.
Rabih Alameddine
Most presenters are consumed with preparing their content rapidly, which makes the material about their own narrow perspective.
Nancy Duarte
Chinese consumption, particularly high-end consumption, is booming.
Wang Jianlin
Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism.
Irving Babbitt
'Transformers' was important and defining for me because it taught me about what kinds of movies I want to make and the kind of actor I want to be, and I have a long way to go before I become that actor.
Rachael Taylor
I feel that contemporary music, with very few exceptions, is missing the voice. You see an award show, you see a hundred extras on set dancing and special effects, and you don't see that solo voice that was the trademark of Adele. It's no accident that it was her album that ended up selling 27 million copies worldwide.
Clive Davis
It's hard making people sitting in hotel rooms interesting.
Matthew Heineman
It has taken me 20 years to eliminate the unnecessary elements from my work.
Andrew Lakey
Divorce can be crazy. Man, if you're happy... Love is a beast, man. Hold on. Be prepared for any way it may go, and be honest.
Nas
If you are working in a publicly subsidized building, then you have a responsibility to deliver truly interesting, risky, innovative, even provocative work. Work that speaks to your audience in many resonant ways. The priority is less about the financial rewards.
Marianne Elliott
