Interesting Quotes

• The idea of growing up in the South and being a man is an interesting thing; there's a lot masculinity involved, with hunting, fishing, and playing sports that rural people take pride in, but at the same time, I grew up really not wanting to hate anybody.

  

  Jason Isbell
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• In Hollywood, people tend to have the same sensibilities, the same taste and values, and I didn't want to spend my life that way. I wanted to have a bigger, more interesting life.

  

  Brian Grazer
  • People
  • Life
  • Interesting

• It's a very, very interesting experience to be talking to people who are such icons in their own right. When Adele came to a show, I was just talking to her, and at the time, I thought, 'I'm just having a chat with somebody.' But then I heard myself say, 'Oh, I was talking to Adele the other day,' and it's as strange as you'd imagine.

  

  Andrew Hozier-Byrne
  • People
  • Time
  • Experience

• Sure, it's fun to chat with people with interesting backgrounds who seem to have a passion for your company. But a job interview is not a friendly chat. You need to determine whether candidates, can they really do the job. So ask them to prove it.

  

  Kathryn Minshew
  • People
  • Job
  • Fun

• It's interesting when you're part of a group - the Jews, to be exact - that the world has had such problems with.

  

  Albert Brooks
  • World
  • Interesting

• To make filmmaking interesting to me, I want to keep learning things.

  

  Taika Waititi
  • Want
  • Learning
  • Filmmaking

• My face lends itself to austere characters, and unless they're two-dimensional, I will do them. Any actor will tell you that an interesting villain is much more interesting to play.

  

  Charles Dance
  • Interesting

• I've always made a point of playing parts where weight has nothing to do with it, and not just weight but looks. It's about being funny and being interesting, and I think there are a lot more interesting things to play than being overweight.

  

  Sarah Baker
  • Thinking
  • Play
  • Weight

• The universe is fractal. The closer you look at it, the more interesting it becomes.

  

  John Lloyd
  • Interesting
  • Universe

• I like to do commercials that are more than just flogging a product. It needs to have something to say. It's always an opportunity for a director to say something substantial and interesting.

  

  John Hillcoat
  • Opportunity
  • Interesting

• With corsets, it's interesting when you put them on, realizing that's what women actually wore. They're just so constricting.

  

  Lily James
  • Women
  • Interesting

• The interesting part of the process is developing the character, you know, why did he become that? Why is the guy a murderer, or why is this guy a pervert, or whatever he is. So that's the fun part for me to delve into the abyss.

  

  Brion James
  • Why
  • Character
  • Fun

• I would love to work with Bill Murray. I've always been such a big fan. I think he's obviously a great comedic actor but a really interesting actor.

  

  Will Ferrell
  • Thinking
  • Interesting
  • Comedic

• I think that every artistic venture is a risk, and it has to be that way, so you do as much preparation as you can and make that as thorough as you can possibly make it, until you turn up on set. It's about taking risks, and some might work and some might not, but that's what makes it interesting.

  

  Matt Smith Poison
  • Up
  • Work
  • Risk

• Contrast is what makes photography interesting.

  

  Conrad Hall
  • Interesting
  • Photography

• If you're an honest person, you'll make mistakes, but it'll be okay. The most interesting things happen after making mistakes.

  

  Kristen Stewart
  • Mistake
  • Honest
  • Most Interesting

• I want to present interesting stories that don't qualify themselves just by virtue of their ethnographic type.

  

  Ajay Naidu
  • Interesting
  • Present

• There's a bizarre insistence on how a story should be. 'The protagonist must be sympathetic!' they say. Whatever that means. I never engage in that discussion. I never use that word, 'sympathetic.' I just know 'interesting.'

  

  Alexander Payne
  • Interesting

• I think it's fascinating that there's a whole holiday dedicated to things that we fear and that's so interesting about the nature of humanity.

  

  Deborah Ann Woll
  • Nature
  • Fear
  • Humanity

• Life is good. Or at least, it's always interesting.

  

  Joss Stone
  • Life
  • Good
  • Interesting

• Video is the most interesting and engaging way to share an idea with others.

  Chad Hurley
  • Interesting

• 'The River Wild' was great, with Meryl Streep. That guy was really a bad dude who was ultimately sort of fundamentally impotent in a weird way. That was kind of interesting.

  

  Kevin Bacon
  • Great
  • Bad
  • Guy

• Analyses of the movie marketplace points to an interesting phenomenon: High-profile movies are continuing to do well year-to-year in the U.S. and overseas - this past summer, for example, the top 10 movies registered at the same level as in '04.

  

  Peter Bart
  • Movie
  • High
  • Past

• When I first told people I was writing a book, some would say that was interesting, but others thought it was some holiday project and I would lose interest. I think my parents thought the same thing, and they were surprised when I kept going. I'm not sure I thought I would keep going, but then it became a big part of my life.

  

  Alexandra Adornetto
  • People
  • Life
  • Writing

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