Jeff Bezos Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
Where having been an actor was extremely helpful to me was in casting. That's where I think a director who has acted can really shine, and casting is the most important thing you do.
-
But Roy Rockwood, it was science fiction for the sake of science fiction.
-
I wasn't interested in exploiting myself.
-
In my 20s I was such a serious, boring-looking person. I would never do my nails. I never even danced. But I was taught by the women. They had gone through hell, but they would dance and sing. I came to realise I can't argue for a happy world if I am not happy myself.
-
New Year's Eve was always a big occasion at home with the family. Every year we would get the karaoke machine out and I'd entertain everyone, even as a young kid.
-
Sometimes I think I might not have written 'The Age of Miracles' if I hadn't grown up in California, if I hadn't been exposed to its very particular blend of beauty and disaster, of danger and denial.
-
Please don't erase my race because I'm white-passing. There is literally nothing I can do about my complexion.
-
I think that horror, in general, is fairly popular. It's definitely popular in film. There's just not a lot of good horror on TV, so whenever there is good horror on TV, people rush to it.
-
Child labor perpetuates poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, population growth, and other social problems.
-
April is the cruellest month.
-
With acting, I always feel conscious of what I'm doing.
-
The same regions of the brain light up when someone touches their smartphone as when they touch a family member or a pet.
-
Comfort is key for me. I'm a bigger guy, so whatever fits is nice, too.
-
I was quiet, and I was artistic. I liked writing poetry, and that was very strange, so I was bullied a lot.
-
For me, it's a great thing to tell people anything is possible. When I was 15, people told me 'You're not going to be a DJ.'
-
Well may the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country's peace and prosperity, and in some degree the hopes and happiness of the whole human family.
-
It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling.
-
I need both to feel good: the energy of the city and the quietness of the country.
-
Out of the ashes of Sara Whitehead rose Melissa Stern. Out of the ashes of Mary Beth Whitehead, there were pieces lost.
-
How often do you get a movie where the coolest character has your own real last name? I played Bob Morales as a cross between my own father - the passion, the fury - and the real Bob Morales. I loved that movie. People, kids always come up to me and tell me how much they still love 'La Bamba.'
-
Harvey Weinstein bought our film, and he's an animal. He's got us out there campaigning and everything because honestly it's a silent black-and-white film.
-
I think you should make a movie that has an audience.
-
As long as you have the acting chops and the desire to get inside a character, you can play anything.
-
If you can't feed a team with two pizzas, it's too large.
