Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gil Gerard

I made the character as much of myself as I could.

Giancarlo Esposito

What I love about 'Breaking Bad' is the reflection of many people's - it's more real in terms of people have faults, people have character traits that they don't like about themselves. It resembles more of what the human journey really is and it's less fantastic and hero-driven than other characters and shows that we watch.

Gillian Armstrong

Critics often say, 'Oh she makes films about strong women'. Wrong; I make films about complex characters and the choices they make.

Will Poulter

I think what makes Narnia a magical place is that it offers escapism - escapism from a world that is so different from the reality known by the characters and the reality known by the fans.

Vikas Swarup

I write fast. But it takes me a while to get going. It's very important for me to see my whole plot. I have to see the end first because I like a surprise in the end. Which is why I let characters and plot gestate in my mind.

Emilia Fox

I didn't realise my upbringing was unusual until my teens. As the child of two actors, I presumed that visiting film sets and being surrounded by colourful characters was normal.

Michael Spiller

The pilot is a sales tool; it introduces you to the characters and might set the template for what the show is meant to be, but there's so many boxes you have to check off on a pilot that it can sort of hurt the storytelling in a way.

Bruce Eric Kaplan

In television writing, you want to hear what the characters say as opposed to giving them something to say. It's the same with the cartoons.

Brina Palencia

I love creating characters and becoming someone else entirely.

Gillian Armstrong

After Sept. 11, there was a reticence and worrying about films that touched on war, and even more on terrorism.

Werner Herzog

I'm not very eager to sit and look at my films all the time.

Vanessa Hudgens

Violence has been a part of films since the beginning of time. It's been a form of entertainment.

Emma Roberts

Studio films are really fun. You have months and months to shoot. With the smaller films you get to be on a much more intimate set and have to get things done quickly.

Eva Marie Saint

What is it like when you see me in all these films and then you meet me? Were you intimidated?

Barbara Kopple

Most of my films have been documentaries, but I'm also very interested in narrative filmmaking.

Barbara Kopple

I've always been interested in how people think, how they react to challenges in their lives - what makes people tick. I've also always been passionate about social issues and causes, and I wanted to make films that addressed important issues in very human terms.

Bill Hader

I started making little short films with friends, and then I decided I wanted to get into the school play in high school.

David R. Ellis

So there was always a stunt coordinator on those films that was from Stunts Unlimited and I was just one of the young warriors from Stunts Unlimited that got to be a part of it because it was a big show and they needed a lot of guys.

X. J. Kennedy

I like poems where you don't really know whether to laugh or cry when you read them.

Ellie Goulding

I've got a song called 'Salt Skin' because when you run in the heat it evaporates and you've got salt crystals on your face. I love that, because it means you've worked really hard.

Morgan Tsvangirai

The people are now crying for peace and national healing,

David Walton

The first movie that made me cry was 'Dead Poets Society.' That one gets me. 'O Captain! My Captain!' That moment kills me.

Niecy Nash

When I got married in 1991, I had never been to a wedding, so I didn't know that my wedding was tacky. I didn't know that I was getting married in a quinceanera dress, because there was nobody there to cry over me and tell me I look like a fool.

Rod Steiger

Now that was one thing, but from an actor's point of view, this poor young man, crying from the moment I opened the door to the moment he left. Now if an actor did that they would say he's over-acting.

Matthew Quick

I grew up in a blue-collar neighborhood and was raised by a man who did not emote, ever... I always cry at movies, and when I was a kid, I would try to hide it. It wasn't something a kid in Oaklyn, N.J., did. So I have these weird hang-ups about emotions.

Uwe Boll

We're working on Dungeon Siege right now, and we have a great script for Far Cry done already and we're hoping to go into production next year.

Platon

Mugabe had a very strange quality about him. He was dapper. He had the strangest skin - it looks very shiny, but it's not oily. It's stretched very finely over his flesh. His eyes have layers of cyan crystals in them. It was a quiet, dark moment when I took his picture.