Bennett Miller Quotes
If you have a vision for something, things are navigable. If it gets fuzzy, then obstacles become much more formidable.
Quotes to Explore
-
If you're going to learn a new language, you can't try to be perfect. You'll stop yourself from talking. You just have to let go.
-
Reverence the deacons as you would the command of God.
-
The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body.
-
The good news is when you open up in Vegas, you have a lot of friends, because they all come over to see your opening night.
-
It's easy to make a film, but it's hard to make a career of being a filmmaker.
-
Humanity appreciates truth about as much as a squirrel appreciates silver.
-
Everybody goes through a phase of fatigue, and I am no different. Re-inventing yourself in your profession is the key to deal with fatigue.
-
As a child, I loved story books and wanted to be in them so desperately and live the stories.
-
I think what's fascinating is how many people are playing in politics who maybe haven't played before.
-
My business issues are just that - business - and I deal with them like they are business.
-
'Moby-Dick' has a remarkable way of resonating with whatever is going on in the world at that particular moment.
-
I won't name any names, but I've done a couple of shows where once the pilot got picked up, the creators openly said, 'I have no idea where we're going.'
-
As a lot of the venture capital world seems to be shifting away from consumer, we want to make sure that consumer entrepreneurs know there's still money available.
-
It wouldn't bother me at all not to play on my own album.
-
Going 3-13 is not acceptable.
-
In N.Y.C., I auditioned for mostly 'quirky friend' roles. Since casting directors in L.A. lacked a preconceived notion of me, I was able to reinvent my type a bit, which was essential in booking the role of Amanda on 'Ugly Betty.' I don't believe I would have auditioned for that role in N.Y.
-
I've hosted the Soul Train awards, the American Music Awards... and I had my own talk show. So if I can't host by now, what the hell can I do?
-
For me, writing time has always been precious, something I wait for and am eager for and make the best use of. That's probably why I get up so early and have writing time in the quiet dawn hours, when no one needs me.
-
Never be possessive. If a female friend lets on that she is going out with another man, be kind and understanding. If she says she would like to go out with the Dallas Cowboys, including the coaching staff, the same rule applies.
-
In old times, men used their powers of painting to show the objects of faith; in later times, they used the objects of faith that they might show their powers of painting.
-
There is a need for a vision that's compelling and uplifting, especially in a time when people are worried. At the same time, in this era, hard work and lofty rhetoric are not going to compel you to the presidency.
-
The party is on my birthday, June 21 - my 21st on the 21st, which is Midsummer's Day, the longest day of the year and the longest night for a lot of people who are helping to organize it. My father very kindly suggested having a party, although he's probably regretting it now.
-
If you have a vision for something, things are navigable. If it gets fuzzy, then obstacles become much more formidable.
