Benmont Tench Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
Film has always been a really good tool for me to communicate emotion about why I create a collection. I'm probably one of the first designers to make short films.
-
Some days I wouldn't even go to class. I'd sit in the room and play video games with my friends and eat powdered mashed potatoes.
-
I really enjoy taking care of people, and I was really ready to have a kid, so I didn't have to sacrifice anything that I didn't want to give up.
-
I spent a lot of time doing really unimportant work as an actor. It was important when I started writing that I obviously make it entertaining, or no one is going to go see it - but to really make you think, that is my goal.
-
At the end of the day, I'm not some evil guy.
-
People are going to say what they want to say.
-
I don't really consider myself an American filmmaker like, say, Ron Howard might be considered an American filmmaker. If I'm doing something and it seems to me to be reminiscent of an Italian giallo, I'm gonna to do it like an Italian giallo.
-
I find myself asking questions that as a filmmaker I never thought I would ask. Like I get a call from a magazine for a feature and my first question is, 'Cover or not?' Interview invite from a leading channel? I have stopped asking the topic. I'm just like 'Primetime or not?' If I am invited and put in the second row, I can be distraught for days!
-
Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle.
-
It can be difficult to get cast as something that is off-center from you, and my biggest fear is to be typecast.
-
Disagreement is something normal.
-
For me, it's an honor for the military to ask me to go to Iraq, Afghanistan, or GITMO. I'm happy to go.
-
I've been urged by people forever to try and start a real Rock Hall of Fame. I've had some very, very preliminary discussions about doing it. Obviously, I can't do it myself, but there are a lot of people interested in that.
-
Will Smith is one of my favorite actors, and he's also a triple threat. He successfully crossed over from music into acting. Also, I liked 'I Am Legend' because it was so unexpected. The movie wasn't what I thought it'd turn out to be.
-
All I had, originally, were pages of Nolan's dialogue. I think his character serves the story in a nice way. He's a Greek chorus for the goings-on in the Hamptons.
-
I love if someone invites me to a restaurant, so I don't know if that's a feminist.
-
I give lectures on globalization. I have lived on three continents. I have no quarrel with a global consciousness.
-
My mother was pregnant with me while she was in prison. She was her own attorney, never been to law school. She was facing 300 and something odd years. One black woman, pregnant, beat the case. That just goes to show you the strength of a black woman and the strength of the oppressed.
-
For me, I'm OK doing embarrassing things, when it's with somebody else. I'm not the only person to look at.
-
You know what. I’m done.” I was tired of living check to check. I knew I could go back and DJ and make a living doing it no problem. I told her if you want to move back, I’m down. We just have to save some money. She got all happy. When I woke up the next morning Incubus’ lawyer called me, and then Mikey (Einziger) called me about 5 minutes later. And then the day after that I tried out. Two days later we were on the road. I think we did almost 300 shows on that tour. It was maybe only two or three months after S.C.I.E.N.C.E. came out.
-
I am for free commerce with all nations; political connection with none; and little or no diplomatic establishment
-
Come September, the middle of September when the first frost comes, that's hunting season. Fishing poles are hung up and the hunting season starts. You've got to be careful, if you're a hunter, that it doesn't become an obsession.
-
I don't like coffee but I need caffeine.
-
I loved working with Bob Dylan.
